Sloanea tieghemi

Botanical Description

Sloanea tieghemi is an evergreen plant that can vary in habit from a shrub just a few metres tall at higher elevations to a large tree in the canopy, growing up to 30 metres tall. The cylindrical bole is often crooked with buttresses up to 2.5 metres high at the base; it can be up to 80cm in diameter and unbranched for 6 - 10 metres[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. , 658 Title Food Plants of Papua New Guinea Publication Author French. B.R. Publisher Author. Year 2006 ISBN Description Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants. ]. The plant is sometimes cultivated for its edible seeds in the highlands of New Guinea, where it can be no more than a low shrub[ 658 Title Food Plants of Papua New Guinea Publication Author French. B.R. Publisher Author. Year 2006 ISBN Description Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants. ]. In lowland areas it can become a large tree of the canopy and is then utilized for its timber.