Fagaceae FAMILY

Castanopsis costata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Castanopsis costata is an evergreen tree that can grow from 10 - 36 metres tall. The bole can be 15 - 80cm in diameter[ 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 ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its edible seed, which is consumed locally. It is sometimes semi-cultivated or cultivated for its seeds[ 765 Title Food resources and changing patterns of resource use among the the Lundayeh of the Ulu Padas, Sabah Publication Borneo Research Bulletin, Vol. 34:94-119, 2003. Author Hoare A. Publisher Borneo Research Council; Phillips, Maine. Year 2003 ISBN Description An article on the foods used by the Lundayeh people in Sabah, Indonesia. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatA mid-canopy tree in undisturbed to slightly disturbed lowland to submontane forests at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 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 , 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ]. Quite often found along rivers, but also common on hillsides and ridges on sandy to clay soils[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ].