Rubiaceae FAMILY

Neolamarckia cadamba

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Amboina is a large, ornamental tree with a broad, umbrella-shaped crown that can reach a height of 45 metres. It has a straight, cylindrical bole, sometimes with buttresses, that can have a diameter of 100cm, exceptionally to 160cm[ 325 Title Seed Leaflets Publication Author Various Website http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/Publikationer/Udgivelser/PopulaerPublikationer.aspx?katid={D28373CC-6EF3-4EF8-B097-6D83FABF209E}&serieid={9F1C3DB1-6E7B-4CF1-AF53-F480B0CB40EF}&sort=title Publisher Forest & Landscape. Denmark Year 0 ISBN Description A series of leaflets, jointly produced by the University of Copenhagen and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, focussing on seed information for a number species, but also giving a lot of other information about each plant. ]. Amboina is becoming one of the most frequently planted trees in the tropics where it is often grown along avenues, roadsides and in villages both for ornament and to provide shade[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. The tree is highly regarded religiously and culturally in India, Java and Malaysia, it is considered sacred to the Lord Krishna[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. It is a favoured plantation species, both inside and outside its native range[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Indian subcontinent, China, Malaysia through Indo-China to Australia.

HabitatAn early-succession species, it grows best on deep, moist, alluvial sites, often in secondary forests along riverbanks and in the transitional zone between swampy, permanently flooded and periodically flooded areas[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].