If you would like to support this site, please consider Donating.
Useful Tropical Plants

Grevillea gillivrayi

Hook.

Proteaceae

+ Synonyms

Common Name:

Grevillea gillivrayi
Inflorescence on a plant at Bois du Sud, New Caledonia
Photograph by: Tim Waters
Creative Commons License
Grevillea gillivrayi Grevillea gillivrayi

General Information

Grevillea gillivrayi is a shrub or small tree growing up to 10 metres tall[
538
Title
Endemia.nc
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.endemia.nc/flore/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
A web site focussing on the endemic flora and fauna of New Caledonia.
].
The trees are harvested from the wild for their wood, which is used locally.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

Western Pacific - New Caledonia.

Habitat

Dense shrubby vegetation near the coast[
538
Title
Endemia.nc
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.endemia.nc/flore/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
A web site focussing on the endemic flora and fauna of New Caledonia.
].

Properties

Other Uses Rating *  *
HabitTree
Height8.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The reddish wood is fine-grained[
46
Title
Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
 
Author
Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher
Weinheim
Year
1959
ISBN
-
Description
An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
]. It is used for cabinet making[
46
Title
Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
 
Author
Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher
Weinheim
Year
1959
ISBN
-
Description
An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
].

Propagation

Seed -
Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2024-04-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Grevillea+gillivrayi>

Add a Comment:

If you have any useful information about this plant, please leave a comment. Comments have to be approved before they are shown here.