Meliaceae FAMILY
Dysoxylum oppositifolium
Dysoxylum oppositifolium
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Dysoxylum oppositifolium is a tree usually growing up to 10 metres tall, though specimens up to 30 metres have been recorded. The bole can be up to 40cm in diameter with buttresses up to 150cm high[ 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. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also traded.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia (only on the island of Borneo), Philippines to New Guinea and northeast Australia.
HabitatWell developed rain forest on a variety of sites, but tends to be more abundant in drier, more seasonal rain forest; at elevations up to 1,100 metres in northern Australia[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].