Fabaceae FAMILY

Mastersia bakeri

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Mastersia bakeri is a climbing plant with more or less woody stems that can be 18 metres long. Branches are 15 - 40mm in diameter[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is sometimes grown as a ground cover in plantations.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sulawesi, Moluccas)

HabitatSometimes common in primary and secondary forest on waste grounds, especially in open spots; from flat grounds to hillsides; on wet (like riverbanks) to dry places; at elevations up to 900 metres[ 1030 Title The Genus Mastersis (Papilionaceae: Phaseoleae) Publication Blumea 30 pp 77 - 87 Author P.C. Van Welzen; S. Den Hengst Publisher Year 1984 ISBN Description A treatment of the genus Mastersia, reducing it to two distinct species. ].