Anacardiaceae FAMILY
Swintonia foxworthyi
Swintonia foxworthyi
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Swintonia foxworthyi is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 40 metres tall. The bole can be up to 100cm in diameter, sometimes with buttresses up to 3 metres high, 175cm wide and 10cm thick[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood, which is also traded in small amounts.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.
HabitatPrimary forest, mixed dipterocarp forest, and kerangas forest; at elevations from 60 - 600 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].