Burseraceae FAMILY

Santiria rubiginosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Santiria rubiginosa is a tree usually growing up to 30 metres tall, occasionally to 45 metres. The buttressed bole can be 65cm in diameter[ 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 its wood, which is a source of 'kedondong' timber, and is used locally and also exported.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia to New Guinea.

HabitatA mid-canopy tree in undisturbed forests at elevations up to 900 metres. Usually in freshwater swamps, peat swamps, and keranga forests, but also found in mixed dipterocarp forest[ 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, ].