Baccaurea parviflora
Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Baccaurea parviflora

Baccaurea parviflora

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Baccaurea parviflora is a shrub or tree with a dense crown growing from 3 - 15 metres tall. The bole can be 4 - 21cm in diameter, it is unbuttressed, but is sometimes fluted at the base[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood and edible fruit, which are used locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.
HabitatAn understorey tree of primary and secondary evergreen forest, steep hillsides to dry parts of swamps to alluvial forest at elevations from sea level to 1,250 metres[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ].