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Dilleniaceae FAMILY

Tetracera macrophylla

Tetracera macrophylla

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tetracera macrophylla is an evergreen climbing plant growing up to 10 metres tall. There are unconfirmed reports that it sometimes becomes more tree-like in habit[ 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 plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.
HabitatA climber in dry as well as in swampy forests, at elevations up to 300 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 ].