Baccaurea papuana

Botanical Description

Baccaurea papuana is a shrub or tree with a dense crown growing from 4 - 20 metres tall. The unbuttressed bole can be 6 - 30cm in diameter[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its edible fruit, which is eaten locally.