Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY

Parashorea tomentella

Edibility

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Parashorea tomentella is an evergreen tree with a dense, dome-shaped crown; it can grow up to 65 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 30 metres, up to 200cm in diameter with large buttresses[ 316 Title Tropical Timbers of the World. Ag. Handbook No. 607. Publication Author Chudnoff. Martin. Publisher USDA Forest Service. Wisconsin. Year 1984 ISBN Description Terse details on the properties of the wood of almost 400 species of trees from the Tropics. , 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia; endemic to the island of Borneo.

HabitatLocally abundant in mixed dipterocarp forests on fertile clay soils, growing on undulating land and alluvium, at elevations up to 200 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. ].