Microcos tomentosa Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Microcos

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 4-15 m tall. The leaves are alternate and simple. They have teeth along the edge. The leaves and flowers have soft hairs. The flowers can be in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. The fruit can be 2.5 cm across. They are pale orange with velvety hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 9.5 - 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Evergreen forest. Moist deciduous and evergreen forests; in Java and Malaysia it is very common but scattered in secondary forest; at elevations from sea level to 600 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forests at low altitudes.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The ripe fruit is eaten.
Uses charcoal fuel material medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Abdomen (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Itch (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

Microcos tomentosa world distribution map, present in Indonesia, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Microcos tomentosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:834868-1
WFO ID wfo-0000451671
COL ID 42TZM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 708267
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Synonyms

Microcos tomentosa Grewia paniculata Grewia cumingiana Grewia affinis Grewia blumei