Opiliaceae FAMILY

Urobotrya siamensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

The whole plant is poisonous[ 733 Title Opiliaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 12: 1-71 Publication Author Hiepko P. Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève; Switze Year 2008 ISBN 978-2-8277-0451-4 Description An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. When not in flower, this species is very similar in appearance to Melientha suavis, a species with edible shoots. The young shoots of this species have sometimes been eaten instead of those of Melientha suavis, with fatal results. For instance, in February 2005 in West Cambodia, more than 60 people suffered poisoning after having eaten the leaves of this species, and 15 of them (mainly children) died[ 733 Title Opiliaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 12: 1-71 Publication Author Hiepko P. Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève; Switze Year 2008 ISBN 978-2-8277-0451-4 Description An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].

Botanical Description

Urobotrya siamensis is a shrub or small tree growing up to 5 metres tall[ 733 Title Opiliaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 12: 1-71 Publication Author Hiepko P. Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève; Switze Year 2008 ISBN 978-2-8277-0451-4 Description An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.

HabitatDry, evergreen forest, rarely in deciduous forest; often on limestone hills; at elevations from sea level up to 1,000 metres[ 733 Title Opiliaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 12: 1-71 Publication Author Hiepko P. Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève; Switze Year 2008 ISBN 978-2-8277-0451-4 Description An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].