Anacardiaceae FAMILY

Dracontomelon costatum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dracontomelon costatum is a tree that can grow up to 44 metres tall. The bole can be up to 115cm in diameter, occasionally with buttresses that can be up to 5 metres high and 2 metres wide[ 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 , 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, and probably also for its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatAn upper canopy tree of undisturbed forests, rarely in swamps, mostly along rivers, hillsides and ridges, most commonly on sandy soils, but also found on limestone; at elevations up to 700 metres[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ].