Symplocaceae FAMILY

Symplocos odoratissima

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Symplocos odoratissima is an evergreen plant that is sometimes shrub-like, but more commonly a tree that can grow up to 31 metres tall. The bole can be up to 63cm in diameter[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, dye and source of salt. The inner bark is commonly sold in west Java as a medicine[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatA mid-canopy tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp, swamp and sub-montane forests, and in more open areas of secondary growth; on alluvial plains, but also common on ridges; growing on clay to limestone soils; at elevations up to 1,700 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, ].