Moraceae FAMILY

Streblus asper

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Streblus asper is an evergreen tree with an umbrella-shaped crown; it can grow about 15 metres tall. The bole can be 30cm in diameter[ 345 Title Minor Products of Philippine Forests Publication Author Brown. W. H. Publisher Bureau of Forestry, Manilla. Year 1920 ISBN Description A useful guide to some of the plants of the area, though terse on details. The book is out of copyright and can be legally downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree has a range of uses - its fibre makes an excellent paper, the leaves are used like sandpaper, whilst the plant has various medicinal and edible uses. It is sometimes cultivated, or semi-cultivated, around villages[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines.

HabitatFound in seasonal climates, it is absent from the rain forest[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. It is found in the surroundings of villages, open areas, borders of rice fields and secondary forest at elevations from sea-level to 1,000 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].