Araliaceae FAMILY

Trevesia sundaica

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Trevesia sundaica is an evergreen shrub or small tree with short prickles, growing up to 8 metres tall. The tree is sometimes unbranched[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. The edible young shoots are harvested from wild and cultivated plants and consumed locally. The plant is sometimes cultivated as a hedge in Java[ 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 RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia.

HabitatAn understorey tree in evergreen rainforest, especially in ravines, ascending to 1,500 metres[ 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 ].