Rutaceae FAMILY Near Threatened

Flindersia amboinensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Flindersia amboinensis is an evergreen tree that usually grows from 15 - 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical, unbuttressed bole can be free of branches for 6 - 8 metres and up to 50cm in diameter[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its high class timber, which is traded. The tree produces a vluable timber and the main threat to the species is logging. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - eastern Indonesia to New Guinea.

HabitatA sub-canopy tree in lowland and submontane rain forests; at elevations from sea level to 1,700 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].