Polygalaceae FAMILY

Xanthophyllum stipitatum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Xanthophyllum stipitatum is a tree growing up to 50 metres tall. The bole can be up to 125cm in diameter[ 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 , 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 edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local use. The tree is occasionally cultivated for its fruit[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatUndisturbed mixed dipterocarp, (peat)-swamp and sub-montane forests up to 1,000 metres. Mostly on hillsides, but also on ridges and alluvial sites. On clay to sandy soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant[ 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, ].