Tetrameristaceae FAMILY

Tetramerista glabra

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tetramerista glabra is a tree that can grow up to 37 metres tall. The bole can be up to 110cm in diameter, fluted near the base, with small, steep buttresses and sometimes with stilt roots[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. , 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 its wood, which is used locally and also traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatA mid-canopy tree in undisturbed mangrove, (peat)-swamp, mixed dipterocarp and keranga forests, growing in alluvial sites and along rivers with sandy to clay soils; at elevations up to 500 metrs[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ].