Anacardiaceae FAMILY

Campnosperma montanum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Campnosperma montanum is sometimes an evergreen shrub growing 2.5 - 4 metres tall; in more favoured parts of its range it becomes a tree up to 30 metres tall. The bole can be up to 60cm in diameter, sometimes slightly buttressed[ 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 ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is traded for use in making low value items. An oil obtained from the wood is traded locally[ 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 ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia, from the Moluccas eastwards to New Guinea.

HabitatCommon to rare in freshwater swamps, seasonally inundated to well-drained mixed lowland and submontane forest, mossy forest; sometimes in secondary forest, on limestone, or shrubby on marshy limestone silt; at elevtions 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 ].