Fabaceae FAMILY

Kingiodendron platycarpum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kingiodendron platycarpum is an evergreen tree with a dense, wide-spreading crown; it can grow from 8 - 35 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 130cm in diameter and free of branches for up to 15 metres[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. A commercially valuable timber that is used locally and also traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangePacific - Fiji

HabitatDense forest, forest edges and in ridge forest; at elevations up to 600 metres[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].