Meliaceae FAMILY

Dysoxylum parasiticum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dysoxylum parasiticum is a tree that usually grows 20 - 27 metres tall, occasionally reaching up to 36 metres. The bole can be 45 - 60cm in diameter with buttresses up to 150cm high and 150cm outwards. The tree can often be somewhat sparsely branched[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia (only on the island of Borneo), Indonesia to New Guinea, northeast Australia and the Solomon Islands.

HabitatRain forests, including that on limestone; at elevations up to 2,100 metres[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ].