Lamiaceae FAMILY
Callicarpa caudata
Callicarpa caudata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Callicarpa caudata is an evergreen shrub growing up to 4 metres tall[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia, Philippines to New Guinea, northeastern Australia, Solomon Islands.
HabitatSteep open slopes, in thickets and in stream depressions, at elevations from 1,200 - 2,000 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. An understory plant in disturbed lowland rain forest in Australia[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].