Combretaceae FAMILY

Terminalia pterocarpa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Terminalia pterocarpa is a tree that can grow 11 - 25 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 100cm in diameter[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Considered a useful timber tree, it is often harvested from the wild for local use of its wood[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]..

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangePacific - Fiji.

HabitatForests, sometimes dense, at elevations from 120 - 300 metres[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].