Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Antidesma velutinosum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Antidesma velutinosum is a shrub or a tree that can grow 3 - 15 metres tall. The straight and cylindrical bole can be up to 35cm in diameter[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). , 443 Title Biotik, Laos Publication Author Website http://biotik.org/species_list_laos.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on more than 100 species of Laotian trees. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and probably as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatDense primary forest and more open, secondary vegetation, in dry, more rarely wet, evergreen, deciduous or mixed deciduous forests; at elevations up to 600 metres[ 443 Title Biotik, Laos Publication Author Website http://biotik.org/species_list_laos.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on more than 100 species of Laotian trees. ].