Azadirachta excelsa
Meliaceae FAMILY

Azadirachta excelsa

Azadirachta excelsa

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sentang is a large deciduous tree, growing up to 50 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 20 metres; up to 125 cm in diameter, without buttresses[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. , 337 Title Tropical Tree Seed Manual Publication Author Vosso. J. Editor. Website http://www.rngr.net/Publications/ttsm Publisher USDA Forest Service. Year 2002 ISBN Description An extremely good guide, it can also be downloaded in its entirety from the address shown above. , 956 Title Timber Notes - Light Hardwoods VII (Sentang, Sepetir, Sesendok, Terap, Terentang) Publication Timber Technology Bulletin No. 17 Author Gan K. S.; Choo K. T.; Lim S. C. Website https://info.frim.gov.my/infocenter/booksonline/ttb/TTBno17.pdf Publisher Timber Technology Centre, FRIM; Kuala Lumpur. Year 1999 ISBN 139-258 Description An excellent series of leaflets, this one gives information on the wood of several species of light hardwoods. It can be downloaded as a PDF document from the Internet. ]. A multipurpose tree with edible and medicinal uses, as well as a host of other applications such as oil, agroforestry, insecticide and timber. It is harvested from the wild, mainly for local use, but the timber is traded. A beautiful tree , it has been planted along the sides of roads, in botanical and experimental gardens[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. , 325 Title Seed Leaflets Publication Author Various Website http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/Publikationer/Udgivelser/PopulaerPublikationer.aspx?katid={D28373CC-6EF3-4EF8-B097-6D83FABF209E}&serieid={9F1C3DB1-6E7B-4CF1-AF53-F480B0CB40EF}&sort=title Publisher Forest & Landscape. Denmark Year 0 ISBN Description A series of leaflets, jointly produced by the University of Copenhagen and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, focussing on seed information for a number species, but also giving a lot of other information about each plant. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines.
HabitatA plant of lowland monsoon forests, usually occurring in old clearings or secondary forest, but also found in primary dipterocarp forest up to elevations of 350 metres[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].