Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Antidesma neurocarpum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Antidesma neurocarpum is a shrub or a tree that can grow up to 23 metres tall. The bole canbe clear of branches for up to 17 metres and 20cm in diameter. There are reports that the plant sometimes adopts a more climbing habit[ 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 of its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatPrimary or secondary lowland to montane forest; freshwater swamps; by logging roads and rivers; open bamboo forest; submontane moss forest; thickets and heath forest; often in dense, humid, shaded places; at elevations to 1,800 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). ].