Dichapetalaceae FAMILY Vulnerable

Dichapetalum timoriense

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dichapetalum timoriense has two distinctive growth phases. When young, it is a low shrub growing about 70cm tall, but as it grows older it adopts a climbing habit, twining into other plants for support[ 550 Title Kakadu Threatened Flora Report Vol. 3 Publication Author Cowie I. Publisher Year 2005 ISBN Description A report to Parks Australia North from the Northern Territory Government Department Infrastructure, Planning and Environment. It gives information on a number of threatened species in northern Australia. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for its edible fruit and leaves, and also for the fibre obtained from its stems - all of which are used locally. The plant is considered to be 'Vulnerable' in parts of its range in northern Australia[ 550 Title Kakadu Threatened Flora Report Vol. 3 Publication Author Cowie I. Publisher Year 2005 ISBN Description A report to Parks Australia North from the Northern Territory Government Department Infrastructure, Planning and Environment. It gives information on a number of threatened species in northern Australia. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to northern Australia.

HabitatAllosyncarpia dominated rainforest in protected sandstone gorges usually on scree slopes where there is some soil and leaf litter accumulated but no grass layer; favouring moister and more protected sites, avoiding the driest and more open forests.