Thymelaeaceae FAMILY
Enkleia malaccensis
Enkleia malaccensis
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Enkleia malaccensis is a climbing plant with woody stems up to 30 metres long and 10cm in diameter. The plant has short, hook-like branches that help it to attach itself to other vegetation[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The plant is hoarvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia.
HabitatLowland forests[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. Dense, primary forests, forming tangled masses of growth in the trees; at elevations usually below 50 metres[ 1002 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 42 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Cambridge, Mass. Year 1961 ISBN Description A botanical journal containing many aricles including a treatment of the genus Enkleia. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].