Proteaceae FAMILY

Helicia robusta

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

The fruit is said to be poisonous[ 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 ].

Botanical Description

Helicia robusta is a tree with a wide-spreading crown; it can grow 5 - 18 metres tall. The bole can be up to 28cm in diameter[ 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, ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatAn understorey tree in undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open) mixed dipterocarp, swamp and sub-montane forests, usually growing on alluvial (periodically inundated) sites or along rivers and streams, on sandy soils; at elevations up to 1,200 metres[ 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, ]