Baccaurea javanica

Botanical Description

Baccaurea javanica is a shrub or small tree with a dense crown growing from 3 - 12 metres tall. The bole can be up to 30cm in diameter, it sometimes has buttresses up to 30cm high and 10cm long[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ]. The edible fruit is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use.