Gentianaceae FAMILY

Fagraea racemosa

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark possesses fine, irritant hairs[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].

Botanical Description

False coffee tree is a very variable plant; usually a shrub or small to medium-sized tree growing 2 - 16 metres tall, with reports of occasional specimens as tall as 40 metres and sometimes becoming a straggling climbing plant. The bole can be up to 30cm in diameter, it is free of buttresses[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. , 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine etc. It has potential for use as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Myanmar, Malaysia, Indo-China, Indonesia, Philippines to northern Australia.

HabitatLight to dense primary but more often secondary forest on swampy to dry soil, along rivers but also on podzolized sands, in savannas and lalang grassland vegetation. A conspicuous element of early secondary forest on waste lands and poor soils[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].