Juglandaceae FAMILY

Engelhardia apoensis

Edibility

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Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

The bark and the leaves are rich in tannin,. They are used as a fish intoxicant[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ].

Botanical Description

Engelhardia apoensis is an evergreen to briefly deciduous tree with a dense, spreading crown; it can grow up to 50 metres tall. The straight bole can be up to 150cm in diameter with buttresses up to 4 metres high and 1.5 metres outwards[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use. It belongs to a group of timbers known in the trade as 'Dungun Paya', and the wood is sometimes traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatA canopy tree in dense, primary dipterocarp forest, growing on fertile and ultramafic soils, at elevations from 700 - 1,300 metres[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ].