WorldFloraDB - Elaeocarpus tuberculatus

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 40 m tall. It has buttresses. The bark is smooth and mottled grey and white. The branches are horizontal and the small branches are thick. The leaves are simple and alternate or in spirals clustered at the ends of twigs. The leaf blade is 9-21 cm long by 5-14 cm wide. The flowers are white and in groups in or near the axils of leaves. The fruit is fleshy and oblong. It is 5 cm long by 3 cm wide. There is one seed.

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Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter)	65.0
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Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests and along streams up to 1,400 m above sea level.

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Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.

Uses	material medicinal
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	Abortifacient agents (bark), Anti-bacterial agents (bark), Anti-infective agents, local (bark), Appetite stimulants (bark), Digestive system diseases (bark), Dyspepsia (bark), Headache (bark), Hematemesis (bark), Pregnancy (bark), Vomiting (bark), Antirheumatic agents (fruit), Epilepsy (fruit), Typhoid fever (fruit), Headache (seed), Neoplasms (seed), Pregnancy (seed), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Hematemesis (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Typhoid (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Bilious (unspecified)
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