Sapindaceae FAMILY

Harpullia cupanioides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

The bark contains saponins and is used as a fish poison[ 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 ].

Botanical Description

Harpullia cupanioides is a shrub or a tree, usually growing up to 20 metres tall but sometimes reaching 40 metres. The cylindrical bole is sometimes crooked, but can be free of branches for up to 10 metres; it is usually up to 40cm in diameter, occasionally to 100cm with buttresses up to 2 metres high and 2 metres outwards[ 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 tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also sometimes traded[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia to New Guinea and northeast Australia.

HabitatPrimary and secondary rain forest, sometimes in light forest, teak forest, tidal forest, scrub, or open places; on slopes and ridges, river banks, ravines, flats and beaches; usually on dry (to swampy) soil; sea level to 1,200 m, occ to 1,800 m[ 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 ].