Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Glochidion zeylanicum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Glochidion zeylanicum is an evergreen shrub or a tree growing from 1 - 8 metres tall[ 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 harvested from the wild for local medicinal use, food, and as a source of wood and tannins.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, Japan, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia to New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands.

HabitatHumid valleys, scrub on streambanks; at elevations from 100 - 600 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. ]. Favoured by disturbance, it is found in a variety of habitats, from well developed rain forest to fringing forest along creeks through eucalypt forest[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].