Elaeocarpaceae FAMILY

Elaeocarpus floribundus

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Elaeocarpus floribundus is an evergreen tree with a spreading crown; it can grow up to 49 metres tall, though often smaller. The bole can be unbranched for 12 - 16 metres and 84cm in diameter[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. , 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 tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is often planted for its fruit in home gardens in northeast India[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatFound most frequently in lowland rain forest, but also frequent in lower montane forest, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,500 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. An upper canopy tree in mixed dipterocarp, sub-montane and keranga forests at elevations up to 900 metres[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ].