Araliaceae FAMILY

Polyscias diversifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant has stupifying and poisonous properties[ 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 ].

Botanical Description

Polyscias diversifolia is a small tree that can grow up to 14 metres tall[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia

HabitatFound in a wide variety of habitats, on dry sandy soil to swampy humus, in primary lowland and montane rain-forest and also in secondary forest, heath-forest and waste land; from sea-level to 1,600 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 ].