Sabiaceae FAMILY

Meliosma pinnata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Meliosma pinnata is an evergreen tree with a narrow crown when young, becoming more wide-spreading with age; it can range considerably in size from a small tree to a large tree that can be over 40 metres tall. The tree can sometimes be deciduous towards the higher limits of its range. In the tropical forests of Malesia it sometimes develops buttresses up to 150cm tall[ 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 , 1255 Title Revision of Meliosma (Sabiaceae), section Lorenzanea excepted, Living and Fossil, Geography and Phylogeny Publication Blumea Vol 19, No. 3, 1971 , pp 355-529 Author C.F. Van Beusekom Publisher Year 1971 ISBN Description ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood and occasionally as a food. At least one form of the plant has been recommended as a pioneer species for use in reforestation.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand. Malaysia, Indonesia to New Guinea and New Britain.

HabitatForests under moist tropical to subtropical, sometimes warm-temperate conditions; growing on various soils; at elevations from sea-level up to about 3,000 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 ].