Baccaurea bracteata

Botanical Description

Baccaurea bracteata is a shrub or tree with a dense crown growing from 2 - 25 metres tall. The bole can be 4 - 40cm in diameter, it sometimes has buttresses, which can be up to 1 metre tall and 13cm thick; stilt roots are occasionally present[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its edible fruits and useful wood, which are used locally.