Ixonanthes icosandra

Botanical Description

Ixonanthes icosandra is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree with a dense, conical crown; it can grow up to 30 metres tall. The straight bole sometimes has short stilt roots; it can be up to 130cm in diameter, but is often much less, and is usually buttressed[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 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 local use as a medicine and source of wood - the wood is also sometimes traded.