Fagaceae FAMILY

Castanopsis megacarpa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Castanopsis megacarpa is an evergreen tree that can grow from 12 - 36 metres tall. The bole can be 30 - 90cm in diameter with buttresses up to 200cm tall[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet , 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Peninsula Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Kalimantan)

HabitatAn upper canopy tree in primary and secondary mixed dipterocarp, kerangas to lower montane forests, often along rivers, but also common on hillsides and ridges; at elevations up to 1.400 metres[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, , 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ].