Elaeocarpaceae FAMILY

Elaeocarpus griffithii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Elaeocarpus griffithii is an evergreen tree growing up to 16 metres tall. The bole can be 35cm in diameter[ 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, ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is also harvested for its wood, which is traded. This species is one of the main sources of 'sengkurat' timber in Malaysia[ 996 Title A Dictionary of Malaysian Timbers Publication Malayan Forest Records No. 30 Author Wong T.M. Website http://Elaeocarpaceae Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-29-1 Description A fairly comprehensive guide to Malaysian timbers, giving their properties and the main tree species from which they are obtained. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatAn understorey tree, usually on open, alluvial, places in undisturbed to secondary mixed dipterocarp, keranga, peat swamp and freshwater swamp forests, mostly in swamps and along the sides of rivers; at elevations up to 1,000 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, ].