Lecythidaceae FAMILY

Planchonia valida

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Planchonia valida is a large, evergreen tree growing up to 56 metres tall[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ]. The buttressed bole can be clear for up to 20 metres with a bole up to 1.25 metres in diameter[ 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. , 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ]. The young leaves are eaten locally, the plant also has some local medicinal uses and a valuable timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea.

HabitatAn emergent tree of undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests at elevations up to 300 metres[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ]. Mostly on hillsides and ridges, but also along rivers and on alluvial sites. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ].