Combretaceae FAMILY

Terminalia samoensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Terminalia samoensis is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 20 metres tall, though it is often much smaller[ 350 Title National Tropical Botanical Garden Publication Author Website http://ntbg.org/plants/choose_a_plant.php Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description General information on almost 400 species, with descriptions, habitats and some uses. ]. It is often not much more than a wind-stunted shrub[ 441 Title Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Womersley. J.S. (Editor) Publisher Melbourne University Press Year 1995 ISBN 0 522 84095 7 Description Only a part of the flora, but an excellent publication in 3 volumes. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild, sometimes for food, but mainly as a source of wood for traditional carvings. It is an important amenity shade tree within its native range, it is sometimes left uncut or is planted in villages[ 350 Title National Tropical Botanical Garden Publication Author Website http://ntbg.org/plants/choose_a_plant.php Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description General information on almost 400 species, with descriptions, habitats and some uses. ]. An attractive small tree that could be of use as an ornamental in coastal areas[ 441 Title Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Womersley. J.S. (Editor) Publisher Melbourne University Press Year 1995 ISBN 0 522 84095 7 Description Only a part of the flora, but an excellent publication in 3 volumes. It can be downloaded from the internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia (Celebes) to the western Pacific (Samoa).

HabitatA littoral species, growing on coral limestone[ 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 ]. Coral coasts, often in very exposed positions[ 441 Title Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Womersley. J.S. (Editor) Publisher Melbourne University Press Year 1995 ISBN 0 522 84095 7 Description Only a part of the flora, but an excellent publication in 3 volumes. It can be downloaded from the internet. ].