Meliaceae FAMILY

Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The medicinal use of the bark is reported to have killed two people in Papua New Guinea[ 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 ].

Botanical Description

Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum is a large canopy tree growing up to 36 metres tall. It has a straight, cylindrical to slightly fluted bole that is up to 80 cm in diameter with buttresses up to 2.5 metres tall[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for timber and local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Philippines to Papua New Guinea, northern Australia and the southwest Pacific.

HabitatPrimary and secondary forest including swamp forest, bamboo woodlands and forests on limestone, at elevations up to 1,800 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 ]. Well developed rain forest to 300 metres, but probably at its best in gallery forest on river flats[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].