Sabiaceae FAMILY

Meliosma alba

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Meliosma alba is a deciduous tree that can grow up to 25 metres tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental. This species is said to be one of the most handsome and most striking of Chinese trees; when flowering (mostly before the leaves appear!) the tree is covered with a mass of creamy-white flowers, and forms astriking object in the landscape[ 1255 Title Revision of Meliosma (Sabiaceae), section Lorenzanea excepted, Living and Fossil, Geography and Phylogeny Publication Blumea Vol 19, No. 3, 1971 , pp 355-529 Author C.F. Van Beusekom Publisher Year 1971 ISBN Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - southern and eastern China

HabitatHumid dense or sparse forests; at elevations from 1,000 - 3,000 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].