Rutaceae FAMILY

Feroniella lucida

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Feroniella lucida is a small to medium-sized tree armed with numerous long, slender, sharp thorns. It grows from 10 - 15 metres tall with a straight bole 20 - 30cm in diameter[ 366 Title The Botany of Citrus and Its Wild Relatives Publication Author Swingle. W.T. Website http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter3.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line document giving lots of information about Citrus species and their relatives. A bit dated, but still an incredibly detailed work. ]. The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local use[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ]. The plant is also occasionally cultivated as fruit tree in Cambodia and 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 RangeE. Asia - Indonesia.

HabitatTeak forests at elevations below 400 metres in Java. Sometimes occurs in situations where the soil is periodically very dry[ 366 Title The Botany of Citrus and Its Wild Relatives Publication Author Swingle. W.T. Website http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter3.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line document giving lots of information about Citrus species and their relatives. A bit dated, but still an incredibly detailed work. ].