Symplocaceae FAMILY

Symplocos fasciculata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Symplocos fasciculata is an evergreen shrub, or less often a tree, that can grow up to 22 metres tall with a bole up to 50cm in diameter[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet , 2086 Title Revision of the Symplocaceae of the Old World; New Caledonia excepted. Publication Author Nooteboom H.P. Publisher Universitaire Pers Leiden, Netherlands Year 1975 ISBN 90-6021-248-7 Description ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and the source of a dye that is used locally in the batik industry.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - southern peninsula Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

HabitatPrimary high, and open secondary forest and thickets, common in disturbed forest; it is found in a wide range of soils and Dipterocarp forest, also riparian, at elevations from sea-level up to 2,200 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].