Homalium vitiense

Botanical Description

Homalium vitiense is a shrub or slender tree, usually growing 2 - 14 metres tall, but occasionally reaching a height of 23 metres when growing in the forest[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The bole can be 30 - 60cm in diameter[ 601 Title The Useful Native Plants of Australia. Publication Author Maiden J.H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Turner & Co.; London. Year 1889 ISBN Description Terse details of the uses of many Australian plants and other species naturalised, or at least growing, in Australia. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally. The plant also has local medicinal uses.