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Opiliaceae FAMILY

Urobotrya siamensis

Urobotrya siamensis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
1/5

Safety & Hazards

The whole plant is poisonous[1]. When not in flower, this species is very similar in appearance to Melientha suavis, a species with edible shoots. The young shoots of this species have sometimes been eaten instead of those of Melientha suavis, with fatal results. For instance, in February 2005 in West Cambodia, more than 60 people suffered poisoning after having eaten the leaves of this species, and 15 of them (mainly children) died[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub
Growth—

Not known

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Urobotrya+siamensis>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Opiliaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 12: 1-71 — Hiepko P. · Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève; Switze · 2008 · http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb · ISBN 978-2-8277-0451-4 ↩︎An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet.