Malvaceae FAMILY

Heritiera peralata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Heritiera peralata is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 55 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to two thirds of its height; up to 150cm in diameter; and buttressed[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its good quality wood, which is used locally and also traded. The tree is also cultivated on a small scale as a timber crop in Australia[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralia - northeast Queensland.

HabitatFound in well developed rain forest on a variety of sites but probably reaching its best development in upland rain forest on deep red soils derived from basalt; at elevations up to 1,000 metres[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].