Malvaceae FAMILY

Helicteres isora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

East Indian screwtree is a shrub or small tree that can reach a height of up to 8 metres, but is more likely to be 4 metres or less in height[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Gathered from the wild and used locally as a medicine, the plant has also been experimentally cultivated as a fibre plant in India[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Indian subcontinent, through southwest Asia to Australia.

HabitatDry deciduous forests, scrub, dry grasslands on slopes; at elevations around 100 - 600 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].