Rutaceae FAMILY

Lunasia amara

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

Sometimes mention is made of the use of the plant in making arrow poison[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Lunasia amara is an evergreen, sparsely-branched shrub or small tree that can grow up to 12 metres tall[ 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. ]. A well known native medicine of the Philippines and Indonesia, the plant is commonly harvested from the wild and is sold in local markets. It is occasionally planted for medicinal use[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia, Philippines, to New Guinea and northeast Australia

HabitatFound in well-drained rain forest, moist to rather dry thickets, gallery forest and secondary growth; at elevations from sea-level up to 900 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. ]. N understory plant in undisturbed gallery rain forest in north Australia[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].