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Bridelia tomentosa

Botanic Family

Phyllanthaceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• Western Australia - Australia
• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• S. China
• Andaman Is.
• Assam
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Java
• Maluku
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Erect or scrambling shrub or small tree to 13m. Glabrous to tomentose branches with scattered lenticels, older branches sometimes thorny. Leaves to 140mm x 60mm, mostly glabrous. Glomerules of up to 20 green flowers, with bracts to 0.7mm x 0.5mm, scented flowers. Staminate flowers to 3mm diameter with sepals to 1.2mm x 0.8mm. Pistillate flowers 4mm diameter. Green to blue fruit 6.5mm diameter.

Timber, medicinal uses, fruits eaten

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Flora Malesiana