Commersonia bartramia
Malvaceae FAMILY

Commersonia bartramia

Commersonia bartramia

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Commersonia bartramia is a shrub or small tree with a fairly open crown, that usually grows 5 - 10 metres tall in Australia, but can reach 25 metres in New Guinea where it can develop a straight bole up to 10 metres long and 45cm in diameter[ 339 Title Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands: Systems for Sustainability Publication Author W.C. Clarke and R.R. Thaman (Editors) Website http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80824e/80824E00.htm#Contents Publisher United Nations University Press, Tokyo Year 1993 ISBN 92-808-0824-9 Description The guide includes information on 100 species of plants for Agroforestry. It is also available on the web at the address given above. , 380 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens Vol. 46 Publication Author Publisher Missouro Botanical Garden Year 1959 ISBN Description An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. Amongst other things, this issue contains a review of the genus Daphnopsis. , 694 Title Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 Publication Author Nicholson N. & H. Publisher Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. Year 2007 ISBN 9-78095894-3628 Description Beautiful set of booklets with a terse description of over 600 species and their habitat, often including some of their uses and notes on their cultivation, plus at least one, excellent photograph. , 1891 Title A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae) Publication Australian Systematic Botany, 2012 , 25 , 81 Author Wilkins C.F. & Whitlock B.A. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SB10031_CO Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ]. The fibrous bark is valued by native peoples, who use it for a wide range of purposes[ 339 Title Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands: Systems for Sustainability Publication Author W.C. Clarke and R.R. Thaman (Editors) Website http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80824e/80824E00.htm#Contents Publisher United Nations University Press, Tokyo Year 1993 ISBN 92-808-0824-9 Description The guide includes information on 100 species of plants for Agroforestry. It is also available on the web at the address given above. ]. An attractive tree, it is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 694 Title Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 Publication Author Nicholson N. & H. Publisher Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. Year 2007 ISBN 9-78095894-3628 Description Beautiful set of booklets with a terse description of over 600 species and their habitat, often including some of their uses and notes on their cultivation, plus at least one, excellent photograph. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - Malaysia, through Indonesia to Australia and the Pacific Islands.
HabitatCommon understorey or sub-canopy tree of secondary and dry forest and patches of forest or thickets in grassland; occasional in garden and fallow areas, where it is an important pioneer species[ 339 Title Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands: Systems for Sustainability Publication Author W.C. Clarke and R.R. Thaman (Editors) Website http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80824e/80824E00.htm#Contents Publisher United Nations University Press, Tokyo Year 1993 ISBN 92-808-0824-9 Description The guide includes information on 100 species of plants for Agroforestry. It is also available on the web at the address given above. ].