Sapotaceae FAMILY

Xantolis tomentosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Xantolis tomentosa is an evergreen, much-branched, often thorny tree that can grow up to 15 metres tall[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ]. The bole is fluted. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam.

HabitatAn understorey tree in medium elevation evergreen forests, becoming a canopy tree at higher elevations; it is found at elevations from 500 - 1,600 metres in India but down to sea level in Sri Lanka[ 464 Title A Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon Publication Author Trimen H.; continued by Hooker J.D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Dulau and Co; London. Year 1898 ISBN Description Very dated, but still a useful work. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].