Acer laurinum
Sapindaceae FAMILY

Acer laurinum

Acer laurinum

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Acer laurifnum is an evergreen tree with a dense crown; it usually grows up to 40 metres tall, though specimens to 48 metres have been reported. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 28 metres and up to 110cm in diameter, with buttresses up to 2 metres high[ 443 Title Biotik, Laos Publication Author Website http://biotik.org/species_list_laos.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on more than 100 species of Laotian trees. , 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. ]. The white undersides to the leaves provides an attractive ornamental attribute to the species[ 384 Title Strategies for the Sustaibable Use and Management of Timber Trees - SE Asia. Publication Author Website http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/timber/workshops/pdf/SEAsia_2007_V2.pdf Publisher UNEP; Cambridge, UK. Year 2007 ISBN Description A draft document in PDF format, available on the Internet. It gives brief details on habitat, uses etc of over 100 species of trees from SE Aia. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.
HabitatScattered in primary, or occasionally secondary, hill or montane forest at elevations up to 2,550 metres[ 384 Title Strategies for the Sustaibable Use and Management of Timber Trees - SE Asia. Publication Author Website http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/timber/workshops/pdf/SEAsia_2007_V2.pdf Publisher UNEP; Cambridge, UK. Year 2007 ISBN Description A draft document in PDF format, available on the Internet. It gives brief details on habitat, uses etc of over 100 species of trees from SE Aia. ].