Terminalia foetidissima
Combretaceae FAMILY

Terminalia foetidissima

Terminalia foetidissima

Edibility
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Medicinal
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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Terminalia foetidissima is an evergreen tree with an irregular but compact, semi-open crown; it can grow up to 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 100cm in diameter and is free of 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 , 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, , 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. , 909 Title Forest Types and Products; The Principal Forest Trees Publication Philippines Bureau of Forestry Bulletin No. 10 Author Whitford H.N. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Bureau of Forestry; Manilla Year 1911 ISBN Description A series of booklets dealing with various aspects of the Philippine forests. This volume gives a brief description of the main timber species in the Philippines . It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a dye and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.
HabitatAn upper canopy tree in dense primary forests, growing on alluvial and dry sites (hillsides and ridges) on clayey to sandy soils; at elevations up to 200 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, ].