Connaraceae FAMILY

Ellipanthus tomentosus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ellipanthus tomentosus is an evergreen shrub, or more commonly a tree that can grow 20 - 30 metres tall with exceptional specimens to 40 metres. The bole can be 50 - 60cm 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatRain forests and deciduous jungles, at elevations up to 700 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 ]. Primary mixed dipterocarp forest and peat swamp forest[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ].