Sapindaceae FAMILY
Paranephelium xestophyllum
Paranephelium xestophyllum
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Paranephelium xestophyllum is an evergreen tree, occasionally no more than a shrub, growing up to 20 metres tall, exceptionally to 40 metres. The bole can be 10 - 45cm in diameter, occasionally to 75cm, often with stilt roots up to 60cm, or with buttresses up to 70cm 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 ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of oil and fuel.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
HabitatUnderstorey tree of various kinds of forest, often along rivers, rarely in often seasonal swamps, also on hill slopes, rarely on dry ridges or summits, typical of wetter soils; at elevations from sea level to 300 metres, occ to 1,100 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 ].