Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Bridelia glauca

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Bridelia glauca is occasionally a shrub, more commonly a tree growing up to 30 metres tall. The straight bole can be unbranched for up to 18 metres and 40cm in diameter; it sometimes has a few buttresses up to 1.5 metres high and 3 metres long. The basal trunk is sometimes provided with root-thorns[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to New Guinea.

HabitatPrimary and secondary forests, often near rivers; reported from well-drained volcanic as well as from sandy, loamy, or clayey soil; over sandstone, limestone, grey schists, or granite; scattered to common; at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ].