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Useful Tropical Plants

Trigoniastrum hypoleucum

Miq.

Trigoniaceae

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Common Name:

Trigoniastrum hypoleucum
Drawing of the leaves, flowers, fruit and seed
Photograph by: Flora Malesiana, vol. 4: p. 58, fig. 1 (1948-1954)
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Trigoniastrum hypoleucum Trigoniastrum hypoleucum

General Information

Trigoniastrum hypoleucum is an evergreen tree with a conical to hemispherical crown, that usually grows up to 30 metres tall with occasional specimens to 40 metres or more[
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]. The bole is usually columnar, up to 50cm in diameter, sometimes with buttresses that can be up to 1 - 2 metres high[
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The wood is harvested from the wild and used locally. The tree may be suitable for ornamental purposes[
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Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

Southeast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.

Habitat

A tree of the upper canopy, scattered in a wide range of lowland to submontane, evergreen forest types like peat-swamp, freshwater swamp, kerangas, alluvial and mixed dipterocarp forest. It is sometimes encountered in disturbed forest[
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Trees of Sungai Wain
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http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/
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An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants.
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Properties

Other Uses Rating *  *
HabitEvergreen Tree
Height30.00 m
PollinatorsInsects
Cultivation StatusOrnamental, Wild

Cultivation Details

A plant of the lowland tropics, it is found at elevations up to 1,200 metres[
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The plant is often found in the wild in Kerangas forest - a type of moist, heath forest found on acidic, sandy soils that are low in nutrients, especially nitrogen[
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Plants for a Future
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Ken Fern
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Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.
]. Found in the wild on poor ultrabasic to sandy soils[
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Title
Trees of Sungai Wain
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Author
 
Website
http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/
Publisher
 
Year
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Description
An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants.
].

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Agroforestry Uses:

The tree may be suitable for shade purposes[
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Other Uses

The wood has been used for furniture[
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]. It is used to make poles that are used for punting boats[
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Title
Trees of Sungai Wain
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/
Publisher
 
Year
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Description
An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants.
].

Propagation

Seed - the germination rate is about 85% in 19 - 47 days[
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World Agroforesty Centre
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http://www.worldagroforestry.org/
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An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc.
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Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2024-03-29. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Trigoniastrum+hypoleucum>

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