Elaeagnaceae FAMILY

Elaeagnus triflora

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Elaeagnus triflora is an evergreen shrub, often scrambling into trees into nearby trees for support and growing up to 10 metres tall[ 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 ]. Older stems are usually armed with thorns that are derived from short shoots - these help support the plant as it scrambles into the surrounding vegetation[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ]. The edible fruit is often gathered from the wild and eaten locally. The plant also has a range of local medicinal uses. It is sometimes grown as a fruit crop in gardens[ 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. ], whence it has found its way to central America, and can also be grown as a hedge.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia.

HabitatPrimary rain-forest, swamp forest, secondary scrub with Gleichenia, sometimes gregarious, from the lowland 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 ]. Thickets and forests, mainly at low elevations, but ascending to 1,500 metres[ 465 Title An Enumeration of Philippine Flowering Plants Publication Author Merrill E.D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Bureau of Science, Manila. Year 1925 ISBN Description Mainly a list of plant names, plus some synonyms, giving details of where the name was published. Also gives a note on the range of the plant, its habitat and local names. Unfortunately, it does not even give a brief description of the plant. ].