Burseraceae FAMILY

Santiria oblongifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Santiria oblongifolia is a tree usually growing 20 - 30 metres tall, occasionally to 42 metres. The bole is usually 40 - 90cm in diameter, occasionally to 120cm, sometimes with small buttresses[ 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 local use as a food and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatAn emergent tree in primary, sometimes secondary, forests, usually on dry, rarely on temporarily inundated grounds, usually at elevations up to 300 metres, but there are some records from 900 - 1,950 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 , 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, ].