Gomphia serrata
Ochnaceae FAMILY

Gomphia serrata

Gomphia serrata

Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gomphia serrata is a shrub or tree growing up to 25 metres tall with a bole up to 40cm in diameter[ 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 ]. Branchlets of young plants are sometimes scrambling[ 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 ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its timber and medicinal applications.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - China, Indian subcontinent, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.
HabitatPrimary and secondary vegetation in mixed Dipterocarp forests, peat swamp forests, high kerangas forests, ridge forests, and open scrub vegetation; on level land to steep slopes, also near river-banks and on cliffs near the sea, to 1,500 metres[ 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 ].