Meliaceae FAMILY

Dysoxylum flavescens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dysoxylum flavescens is a tree that can grow up to 39 metres tall. The bole can be up to 98cm in diameter with buttresses up to 1 metre high and 60cm outwards[ 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, , 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 the source of a good quality timber, known as 'jarum-jarum' in southeast Asia, that is harvested from the wild for local use and for trade[ 935 Title Identification and utilization of lesser-known commercial timbers in Peninsular Malaysia 7 Publication Timber Technology Bulletin No. 41 Author Lim S.C.; Gan K.S. Website https://info.frim.gov.my/infocenter/booksonline/ttb/TTBno41.pdf Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia Year 2006 ISBN 139-258 Description Part of an excellent series of publications, this one giving a brief guide to four groups of lesser known commercial timbers from southeast Asia. It can be downloaded in PDF format from the Internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia.

HabitatA mid-canopy tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests, growing on hillsides with sandy soils; at elevations up to 100 metres[ 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, ]. Rain forests at elevations to 1,700 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. ].