Anacardiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Buchanania obovata

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Buchanania obovata is a deciduous shrub or tree growing from 1 - 15 metres tall[ 285 Title Florabase Publication Author Website https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database of Western Australian plants ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. Buchanania obovata has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralia - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland.

HabitatOpen forests and woodlands[ 296 Title Tropical Food Gardens Publication Author Norrington. L. Publisher Bloomings Books (Melbourne) Year 2001 ISBN 1-876473-41-x Description Excellent little book giving some basic information on a range of plants. ]. Skeletal soils and laterite on rocky sandstone hills and gorges[ 285 Title Florabase Publication Author Website https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database of Western Australian plants ].