Simaroubaceae FAMILY
Eurycoma longifolia
Eurycoma longifolia
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Eurycoma longifolia is a small, dioecious tree which can grow up to 10 metres tall. It is usually unbranched, or with a few upright branches. Each branch is crowned by an umbrella-like rosette of compound leaves[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. A popular traditional medicine, the plant is often harvested from the wild for local use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.
HabitatFrequent at low elevations in beach forests on sandy soil; an understorey in primary and secondary forest; mixed dipterocarp rain-forest; heath forest; low forest on ridge crests; on sandstone and dry kerangas, rarely to 500 or even 1,000 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 ].