Symplocaceae FAMILY

Symplocos cochinchinensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Symplocos cochinchinensis is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 35 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is up to 50cm in diameter[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. , 443 Title Biotik, Laos Publication Author Website http://biotik.org/species_list_laos.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on more than 100 species of Laotian trees. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food, dye and source of beads, tannins and wood. The variety sessifolia is used as a pioneer species when reclaimimg crater fields in volcanic areas.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea to Australia and Fiji.

HabitatAn understorey tree in primary mixed dipterocarp forest and the more open, secondary formations; growing on the slopes of hills and on ridges, sometimes by streams; on brown soils; at elevations up to 1,800 metres, most common above 1,300 metres[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ].