Meliaceae FAMILY
Walsura villosa
Walsura villosa
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Walsura villosa is a tree that can grow 6 - 12 metres tall. The bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter[ 549 Title Flore Forestiere Du Globe Publication Author Chnacerel L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Gauthier-Villars et Co.; Paris. Year 1920 ISBN Description Written in French, a very detailed work on the timbers of the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.
HabitatDry evergreen or deciduous forests to lower montane forests, growing on granite or limestone bedrock, usually near streams; at elevations up to 600 metres, occasionally ascending to 2,500 metres[ 931 Title Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) No. 39 Publication Author Thawatchai Santisuk (Editor) Publisher The Forest Herbarium (BKF); Chatuchak, Bangkok. Year 2011 ISBN 0495-3843 Description A botanical journal, publishing papers on taxonomy (especially vascular plants), nomenclature, phylogeny, systematics, plant geography, and floristics; also morphology, palynology, cytotaxonomy, chemotaxonomy, anatomy and other relevant disciplines. ].