Gentianaceae FAMILY

Fagraea elliptica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fagraea elliptica is a tree that can grow up to 45 metres tall, though is sometimes a large shrub. The bole can be 15 - 150cm or more in diameter, sometimes with buttresses up to 100cm high[ 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 , 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ]. The tree is commonly harvested from the wild for its wood, which is an important source of 'tembesu' timber and is used locally and also traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea.

HabitatBoth dry and marshy or temporarily inundated soils, mostly on sand, often along rivers, in humid forests, open forests, shrubberies, heath forest, grass wastes, rocky strand forest, also as a shrub on open dry hill-tops; sea-level up to 1,800 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 ].