Malvaceae FAMILY

Microcos antidesmifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Microcos antidesmifolia is a tree that can grow up to 27 metres tall. The bole can be up to 50cm in diameter[ 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, ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and as a source of wood. The wood is sometimes traded[ 893 Title Identification and utilization of lesser-known commercial timbers in Peninsular Malaysia 6 Publication Timber Technology Bulletin No. 40 Author Lim S.C. & Gan K.S. Website http://www.frim.gov.my/?page_id=1842 Publisher Forest Research Institute; Malaysia Year 2006 ISBN 139-258 Description Part of an excellent series of publications, this one giving a brief guide to four lesser known groups of commercial timbers from southeast Asia. It is available in PDF format on the Internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia (where it is only in Borneo).

HabitatA sub-canopy tree in undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open sites) mixed dipterocarp forests; mostly along rivers and streams and on hillsides with clay to sandy soils; at elevations up to 900 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, ].