Lamiaceae FAMILY

Peronema canescens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

False elder is an evergreen or deciduous shrub or small to medium-sized tree with an ovoid crown that can grow up to 20 metres tall with occasional specimens up to 30 metres tall[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. The bole is straight or slightly flexuous, usually with small buttresses, branchless for up to 9 - 15 metres and up to 70 cm in diameter[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild and used locally as a timber and for medicinal purposes[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. It is also cultivated as a hedge plant and used in reforestation schemes[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia.

HabitatCommon in secondary forest, forest clearings, river banks, along roads and railways, and in open country[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. It does not occur in primary forest and it grows best in moist to wet sites, even if they are flooded seasonally[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].