Elaeocarpaceae FAMILY

Aceratium oppositifolium

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aceratium oppositifolium is a shrub or a tree growing 6 - 10 metres tall[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The straight, cylindrical bole is usually less than 30cm in diameter, branching from quite near the base[ 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. ]. The plant is cultivated for its fruit in Java[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia to Papua New Guinea.

HabitatA subcanopy tree of river valleys, usually as isolated specimens[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].