Malvaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Scaphium parviflorum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Scaphium parviflorum is a tree that can grow around 15 - 40 metres tall. The bole can be 10 - 70cm in diameter, sometimes with buttresses up to 90cm high and 200cm long[ 2063 Title A Revision of Scaphium (Sterculioideae, Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae) Publication Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66 (2): 283-328 (2009) Author Wilkie P. Website http://10.1017/S0960428609005411 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ]. Although Scaphium parviflorum is found in forest which is under threat from logging and other human disturbances its wide distribution and occurrence in forest reserves means a conservation status of Least Concern is most appropriate[ 2063 Title A Revision of Scaphium (Sterculioideae, Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae) Publication Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66 (2): 283-328 (2009) Author Wilkie P. Website http://10.1017/S0960428609005411 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia - Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah), Brunei

HabitatPrimary non-flooded lowland rain forest, often on hillsides; at elevations up to 300 metres[ 2063 Title A Revision of Scaphium (Sterculioideae, Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae) Publication Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66 (2): 283-328 (2009) Author Wilkie P. Website http://10.1017/S0960428609005411 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ].