Malvaceae FAMILY

Heritiera javanica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Heritiera javanica is an evergreen tree growing 30 - 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be unbranched for up to 20 metres; around 60 - 80cm in diameter, with exceptional specimens to 120cm; usually with thin, hard, buttressed roots 100 - 200cm high and 150cm out[ 325 Title Seed Leaflets Publication Author Various Website http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/Publikationer/Udgivelser/PopulaerPublikationer.aspx?katid={D28373CC-6EF3-4EF8-B097-6D83FABF209E}&serieid={9F1C3DB1-6E7B-4CF1-AF53-F480B0CB40EF}&sort=title Publisher Forest & Landscape. Denmark Year 0 ISBN Description A series of leaflets, jointly produced by the University of Copenhagen and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, focussing on seed information for a number species, but also giving a lot of other information about each plant. , 624 Title The Philippine Journal of Science Vol. 3 Publication Author Freer P.C. (Editor) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher The Bureau of Science; Manila. Year 1908 ISBN Description Various articles on plants growing in the Philippines. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 1029 Title A Monograph of the Genus Heritiera, Aiton, (Sterculariaceae). Publication Reinwardtia Vol. 4, Part 4, pp 465 - 583 Author Kostermans A.J.G.H. Publisher Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia. Year 1959 ISBN Description Somewhat dated, but an excellent monograph of the genus Heritiera. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is a source of 'mengkulang' timber; it is often harvested from the wild for its timber, which is traded commercially. It is sometimes used as a plantation species in southeast Asia[ 325 Title Seed Leaflets Publication Author Various Website http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/Publikationer/Udgivelser/PopulaerPublikationer.aspx?katid={D28373CC-6EF3-4EF8-B097-6D83FABF209E}&serieid={9F1C3DB1-6E7B-4CF1-AF53-F480B0CB40EF}&sort=title Publisher Forest & Landscape. Denmark Year 0 ISBN Description A series of leaflets, jointly produced by the University of Copenhagen and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, focussing on seed information for a number species, but also giving a lot of other information about each plant. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea.

HabitatAn upper canopy tree in moist, semi-deciduous to evergreen lowland forest at elevations below 800 metres[ 325 Title Seed Leaflets Publication Author Various Website http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/Publikationer/Udgivelser/PopulaerPublikationer.aspx?katid={D28373CC-6EF3-4EF8-B097-6D83FABF209E}&serieid={9F1C3DB1-6E7B-4CF1-AF53-F480B0CB40EF}&sort=title Publisher Forest & Landscape. Denmark Year 0 ISBN Description A series of leaflets, jointly produced by the University of Copenhagen and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, focussing on seed information for a number species, but also giving a lot of other information about each plant. , 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ]. Scattered, but in some quantity, in dipterocarp forest on or near the tops of the ridges of the low coastal hills[ 624 Title The Philippine Journal of Science Vol. 3 Publication Author Freer P.C. (Editor) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher The Bureau of Science; Manila. Year 1908 ISBN Description Various articles on plants growing in the Philippines. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].