Myristicaceae FAMILY

Knema glaucescens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Knema glaucescens is an evergreen tree growing 8 - 15 metres tall. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatAn understorey tree of forests, including swamp forest; growing in sand, granitic sand, and clayey soil; at elevations from sea level to 500 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 , 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, ].