Mallotus floribundus Müll.Arg.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Mallotus

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 2-10 m high. The small branches are slender and red. The leaves are alternate and oval. They are 12-19 cm long by 9-15 cm wide. The male and female flowers are separate. The fruit are about 1.5 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 12.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Primary and secondary forests, mainly in open places; often on river banks, along roads, in gaps, clearings, and open fields; in badly drained swampy areas as well as in dry areas, at elevations up to 500 metres, exceptionally to 933 metres.
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A tropical plant. It occurs in secondary and flooded forests. It grows in tropical evergreen broad-leaved forests. It grows in hilly country below 500-600 m altitude. It needs well-drained soil.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

A tea drink is made from the leaves.
Uses environmental use food fuel material medicinal ornamental social use tea wood
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Cholera (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Yaws (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Mallotus floribundus world distribution map, present in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Mallotus floribundus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:351554-1
WFO ID wfo-0000234537
COL ID 3XPWM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Mallotus floribundus Mallotus amentiformis Mallotus annamiticus Ricinus floribundus Adisca floribunda Coelodiscus annamiticus Mappa floribunda Rottlera floribunda Mallotus floribundus var. pilosus