Fabaceae FAMILY

Dendrolobium umbellatum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dendrolobium umbellatum is a bushy shrub or small tree growing from 1 - 13 metres tall[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. , 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, ]. The bole is up to 13cm in diameter[ 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, ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use and for its wood. It is sometimes grown to stabilize sandy soils.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Kenya, Tanzania; through tropical Asia to New Guinea, northern Australia and the western Pacific.

HabitatMainly found along rivers and stream banks, on plains and lowlands, and in particular on beach fronts and frontal dunes[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ].