Nyctaginaceae FAMILY

Pisonia umbellifera

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pisonia umbellifera is an evergreen tree with a spreading crown; usually growing from 4 - 20 metres tall, but with exceptional specimens to 28 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. It is sometimes grown as a hedge and an ornamental, especially a cultivated form with variegated leaves[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 436 Title Native Plants Hawaii Publication Author Website http://nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A website containing information on a range of native Hawaiian plants, with descriptions, habitat, traditional uses etc. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Madagascar; E. Asia - southern China, Andaman Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to Australia.

HabitatMoist thickets, open forests; low to medium elevations[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Coastal areas, but also in everwet or monsoon forest, along river banks, creeks, on sandy clay, sandy and rocky soils, at low elevations[ 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. ].