Sabiaceae FAMILY

Meliosma lanceolata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Meliosma lanceolata is an evergreen tree with a low, irregular and lax crown comprised of few, usually crooked branches; it usually grows up to 25 metres tall, occasionally reaching 30 metres[ 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 trunk is often rather crooked, though sometimes more straight, usually without, but sometimes with small buttresses[ 1255 Title Revision of Meliosma (Sabiaceae), section Lorenzanea excepted, Living and Fossil, Geography and Phylogeny Publication Blumea Vol 19, No. 3, 1971 , pp 355-529 Author C.F. Van Beusekom Publisher Year 1971 ISBN Description ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Nicobar Islands, southern Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatDense primary forest and often in more open secondary formations; on various soil types; usually at low to medium elevations, occasionally ascending to 1,500 metres, with subspecies nervosa ascending to 2,900 metres[ 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 ].