Thymelaeaceae FAMILY

Gonystylus punctatus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gonystylus punctatus is a tree; it can grow from 5 - 22 metres tall. The bole can be 50cm or more in diameter[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its useful wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest Pacific - Fiji.

HabitatDense primary forest, sometimes also in more open, secondary formations, at elevations from 120 - 900 metres[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].