Styracaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Styrax tonkinensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Styrax tonkinensis is a semi-deciduous tree with a dense crown, especially in young trees; it cn grow 6 - 30 metres tall. The bole can be free of branches for up to 20 metres and is 8 - 60cm in diameter[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 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. ]. The tree is valued, especially in China and the highlands of Laos, for the gum resin obtained from its trunk, which is a commercial source of benzoin, a resin mainly obtained from Styrax benzoin and with a range of medicinal and other uses[ 2210 Title Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica Publication Author Bensky D., Clavey S. & Stöger E. Publisher Eastland Press Inc; Seattle, USA Year 2004 ISBN 0-939616-4-24 Description , 2261 Title A Taxonomic Revision of Taxa in Styrax Series Cyrta (Styracaceae) with Valvate Corollas Publication J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 12(2): 579 - 641. 2018 Author Li G. & Fritsch P.W. Publisher Year 2018 ISBN Description ]. It is also valued in Vietnam where it is a commercial source of pulpwood. The plant has also been planted in soil restoration and, reforestation schemes in several other regions of the tropics. Styrax tonkinensis has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2018)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand.

HabitatMixed forests[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Open forests on mountain slopes, and along the edges of mixed forests in relatively disturbed sites at elevations from 30 - 2,400 metres[ 623 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 90 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 2003 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A treatment of the genus Styrax, amongst many other articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. A relatively common component of primary and secondary forests[ 623 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 90 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 2003 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A treatment of the genus Styrax, amongst many other articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].