Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Melanolepis multiglandulosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Melanolepis multiglandulosa is a usually evergreen shrub or a tree, though it can become deciduous in the dry season of monsoon climates. It usually grows 4 - 10 metres tall, though it can reach up to 20 metres, with a bole up to 30cm in diameter, exceptionally to 60cm[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, a sweetener and source of materials. It is widely cultivated in Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands (though this report does not specify why)[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southernJapan, Taiwam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to New Guinea, Bismarck, the Solomons and Marianas.

HabitatMainly secondary places like roadsides, regrowth thickets, depleted open forest, forest edges in savannah, coconut plantations, old gardens; also primary forest, swamp forest, monsoon forest, by mangroves; to 300 metres, occ to 1,335 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). ].