Scaphium scaphigerum (wall. ex G.don) G.planch.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Scaphium

Characteristics

A tree.
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Growth form tree
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Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 32.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forests near limestone. It grows between 50-400 m above sea level.
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Evergreen lowland forest at elevations from 80-700 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The seeds are crushed in water and swell to produce a jelly like mass. This is sweetened and eaten. It is dressed with buckwheat flour made into soups and drinks.
Uses material medicinal timber wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Dysentery (fruit), Hemorrhoids (fruit), Antiphlogistic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Mucositis (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified), Laryngitis (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), Bladder (unspecified), Bowel (unspecified), Demulcent (unspecified), Enterorrhagia (unspecified), Epistaxis (unspecified), Eruption (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Kidney (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Phthisis (unspecified), Stomach (unspecified), Sunstroke (unspecified), Piles (unspecified), Antidote (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Smallpox (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Scaphium scaphigerum world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:825027-1
WFO ID wfo-0000734154
COL ID 79SXG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Clompanus scaphigera Firmiana wallichii Scaphium scaphigerum Scaphium wallichii Sterculia scaphigera