Maclura cochinchinensis

Botanical Description

Maclura cochinchinensis is a branched, thorny, spreading shrub with a scrambling habit, sometimes becoming a climber. It produces stems up to 10 metres long, and up to 15cm in diameter, with long thorns on the nodes[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. A famous dye plant in Indonesia, where it has long tradition of use as in batik[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The wood is gathered from the wild leading to the plant becoming rare in parts of its range due to over-exploitation[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is also harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.