Lythraceae FAMILY

Duabanga moluccana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Duabanga moluccana is an evergreen canopy or sub-canopy tree growing 20 - 40 metres tall with a bole that can be up to 100 cm in diameter[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its bark, which is used as a dye, and for its timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysian Archipelago to Papua New Guinea.

HabitatUsually on alluvial sites and along rivers and streams, in disturbed (open sites) in mixed dipterocarp, swamp and sub-montane forests at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ].