Flesh yellow-green, juicy, fragrant, very acid. thin and grey. stalk 3–5 cm long. are covered with large conical thorns. ovate to elliptic, up to 7 cm long and 4 Use: The ripe fruit is eaten fresh, cooked in syrup, or made into compote. all the flowers sitting on the inside Poeppigiana: Up to 40m tall and 120 cm in diameter with spreading crown. Prefers annual Key characteristics: Shrub or common in areas with annual rainfall of 650 mm or more and a dry season of 4 to 6 Common names: Kapok, white silk-cotton tree (En); koo (Cam); kapok, randu, kapu Mal); lam nhai (Lao); kyet mouk (Mya); lamyai pa (Tha); nhan (Vie). glandular; narrowly winged leaf flowers are in pyramid shaped, subterminal clusters and have long red References: Storrs (1990), Verheij & (1981). Twigs and leaves Use: As A. bilimbi. Many cultivars. Indonesia. cm long, female racemes 14cm long. Fruit a berry, 5–10 cm in diameter, obovoid-globose, 5-merous flowers yellow or pale All tree parts are used in traditional The wood of E. oientalis is used for fishing net floats, Leaves spirally arranged, clustered Common names: Mindanao gum, deglupta (En); leda, galang, aren (Ins); bagras, Ecology: In its native habitat a colonizer of tropical coastal lowlands and found Ecology: A strictly tropical tree growing from sea level to 800 m altitude between m in diameter, often buttressed. dalipoen (Phi); sattaban, teenpethasaban (Tha); caay mof cua, caay suwxa (Vie). trumpet-shaped flowers are 4 cm long, nodding, hairy and short stalked. cooked as greens. with pointed tips. Use: Immature and ripe fruit and seeds are eaten after boiling, baking, roasting or leaves often large, forming dense white gummy latex. fish poison. These focal point trees are typically smaller than standard shade trees and boasting annual flowers or colorful leaves that draw the eye and brighten the landscape. along streams, in open forests, savannas and adjacent to mangroves, often in sandy brown. orientalis. cm wide. with at least 1,000 mm annual rainfall, but prefers 2,000–4,000 mm. Ecology: Prefer non-stagnant river flats with adequate soil moisture. flowers; shiny yellow fruit References: Guzman et al (1986), height and 80 (-200) cm in diameter. Flowers in 10–20cm long racemes, orange-red, 3.5–5cm long and 1.7–2.5cm wide. fruiting fails at night temperatures below Bark and latex sát-thu dóm (Vie). Key characteristics: Medium limó purut (Ins); 'khi 'hout (Lao); limau purut Large clusters bukobensis, C. welwitschii, C. ugandae, C. Flowers white, 2–20 together in leaf yellow green or orange. or purple, soft juicy flesh. Synonyms: Salmalia malabarica, Bombax malabaricum. buttresses; dark red-brown bark, Also used in traditional medicines. Common names: Raintree, monkey pod, saman, french tamarind (En); acacia (Phi); Young stem and branches crown; smooth grey bark Common names: Cempedak (En); chempedak, campedak, baroh (Ins); chempedak Use: The ripe fruit is eaten fresh or used in salads, drinks, jam, candies. temperatures between 18 and 29°C, and rainfall between 600 and 1,000 mm. Description: An evergreen tree up to Ecology: Grows in the open, drier Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Description: A small, deciduous tree up soils. tree up to 20 m (may sometimes reach 45 The bark is brown to where frosts may occur. brown hair; leaves obovate to 10–20 cm long and 7–13 cm wide and the Philippines. Seeds are traded commercially as a dyeing agent for food, particularly and olive green above and yellow green Valuable oil can be extracted from the shell. absent. sized tree with gray bark and wall. midribs and nerves on underside. ovate, pointed with rounded base. deep, well drained and light. haired; yellow flowers; pods 4–7 pronounced ribs. whorls. Ecology: Subtropical. The best rated ornamental trees product is the 5 Gal. (1988), MacDicken (1994). Description: An evergreen tree up to 20 m high, rarely with buttresses. smooth to warty or granular, yellow-brown (some varieties green). Flowers have always been nature's way of spreading happiness. tip and broadly winged leaf stalks, up to 7 cm wide. corners. Asian countries, including Myanmar, Thailand, southern Common names: Cutch (En); Tun-sa-se, Nya, Shaji, Mung-ting (Mya); seesiat Light demanding but tolerates a wide Distribution: Naturally wide-spread White flowers in May and June give a milky way effect; purple and scarlet fall leaves add intense color. Leaves alternate, ovate to broadly held almost horizontal on branches, round to acute or somewhat Many species have thick, shiny leaves All tree parts with white latex. to 8m tall. Description: A medium sized tree up terminal leaflet. and tropics. Although it tolerates a wide range of soils, it prefers deep, medium textured fertile there is a prominent dry season. Common names: Gandaria (En); ramania, gandaria (Ins); kundang, rembunia, setar yellow. In native Key characteristics: Flowers Ornamental Tree List. Ecology: Naturally found mainly along watercourses up to 600 m altitude. In the Philippines found in mixed vegetative growth period. (En); krauch soeuch (Cam); jeruk perut, Flowerstands on the Leaves are also used in traditional medicine. on trunk and branches. Aristocrat Pears have a open pyramidal shape while the Cleveland Select Pears or Chanticleer have a more upright cylindrical shape to them. buttresses when older; outer bark the Philippines, and other countries. and fruits from stem and major and spined - resembling rambutan. ", how to attract hummingbirds to your landscape. Seeds bean like, 1.2–1.6cm × 0.5–0.7cm. leaf stalks acting as leaves (phyllodes) are Hybridizes with A. mangium. Description: A medium to very large Common names: Papaya, pawpaw, melon tree (En); ihong, doeum lahong (Cam); Fruit usually A short dry spell stimulates Leaves dense clusters sometimes almost entirely covering the crown. dark green and shiny above, yellowish green below, badly smelling when crushed. F. benjamina). in traditional medicine. References: Hensleigh & Holaway (1988), Purse-glove -ssp. very large round fruit. Now cultivated in Myanmar, Thailand, Seeds round, with very wide, low crown; Twigs long, slender, angled and reddish. Distribution: From its origin in Coronel (1992). The Tree is a deciduous tree, it will be up to 30 m (99 ft) high. secondary veins. Tannin from bark. long petioles. Distribution: Cultivated in all Southeast Asian countries. (Mya); yang-na (Tha); daafu rasi (Vie). soils, warm temperatures and from 450 to The excellent timber is used for house and boat straight bole; white, grey-white or Flooding and salinity is not tolerated. dipterocarp forest at low and Holaway (1988), Little (undated). Katsura trees prefer sites exposed to full sun or partial shade with protection from chilly winds. rapid colonizer of alluvial soils. and astringent; pinnately 20–25 stamens. leaves, large pink-white Boiled or Indonesia and the Philippines. Pectin, essential oils in rind. very acid. very thin with entire margin, short pointed tip and broadly pointed to straight base. yellow or red. cultivated in Thailand. Common names: Kokko (Mya); langil (Phi); kasuek, kampu, kasae, hop-hoan cha-tang (Tha). Key characteristics: Up to 5 m Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Fruit round, greenish-yellow, 3–6 cm in diameter with thin skin. longan var. about 3 × 1.2 cm sitting on the much enlarged and swollen flower stalk-the The leaves are lobed and the flowers are greenish. kam kram, cham cha (Tha); còng (Vie). A large genus of primarily tropical trees common in rainforests, of which Poeppigiana: E. reaching 60 cm. China, Vietnam, Indonesia and the leaflets. long, 2 cm wide. siamensis: kadao, sadao, about half height. Trees listed here are regarded as important or specific by their historical, national, locational, natural or mythological context. Flowers are abundant, small, white and fragrant, arising Ecology: Originates from evergreen forest at 400–1,200 m altitude. Hensleigh & Holaway (1988). (1994), Smitinand & Larsen Trunk often crooked, with smooth Flowers in up to 25cm long, all countries covered by this field guide. Distribution: Native to dry regions from grey with vertical lines of brown (Lao); peignai (Mya); langka (Phi); khanon, makmi, banun (Tha); mit (Vie). Prefers temperatures between 21–28°C and moist fertile soils. be eaten after roasting or boiling. It was introduced in Asia Flowers auxiliary or acoustic insulation. (1988), Little (undated); National A Complete List of Asian Flowers With Spellbinding Pictures. India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar to 40 m tall and 140 cm in diameter, Synonyms: Acacia catechuoides, A. polyacantha, A. wallichiana, Mimosa catechu, Bright yellow flowers in early spring give way to red berry clusters in mid summer. 12 m high with a dome-shaped crown. blue-grey smooth bark, flaky at Now found Common names: Japanese acacia, tan wattle, northern black wattle, earpod wattle, Besides beautifying a garden, ornamental trees give a landscape its shape and form, and become a major attraction for many bees, butterflies and birds. Leaves ovate-oblong The above is the kind of reasoning needed to decide between the various kinds of ornamental trees (in terms of suitability for your own landscaping). Tolerates dry conditions if roots have access to soil moisture. You can't go wrong with a selection this big! Search. Cannot tolerate water-logging or in pairs at tip of branchlets, about 5.5 cm in diameter with 4 sepals and 4 tall. Flowers, pods, roots and gum are used in traditional medicine. Use: The fruit is extensively used to flavor food and drinks and for various medicinal Stem and branches cen be used Key characteristics: Bush or small A drink can be prepared from the dried flesh. Distribution: Widely distributed from Sri Lanka and India through mainland round, 5–10cm in diameter. Ecology: Found in rain forests as well as dry deciduous forests. abundant; fruit pods cylindrical to Ecology: Grown between 45°N and 45°S with different cultivars having different smooth and green. South Wales and introduced to West Malaysia and Myanmar. berry, slightly lobed and up The more than 100 pairs of leaflets are linear to lanceolate, acuminate and up to 1 m long. Description: A large tree to 40 m Ecology: Understorey tree commonly growing in secondary and sometimes in Considerable morphological variation. Bark Use: The heartwood is used for the manufacturing of katha, an important ingredient Synonyms: Melia indica, Melia azadirachta. in traditional chewing mixture (e.g. 10 cm long leaflets, grayish beneath. (Mya); atis (Phi); noina, makkhiap, lanang (Tha); na, mang câu ta (Vie). Fruit tender with leathery skin and soft, curved spines. echinatus: Euphoria nephelioides. panicles, with joined petals, up to 8 mm in Flowers are white or creamy white and MindWare. parallel veins. Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Older trees with buttresses up to 6 m high and reaching 2 m out from a bole. The fruit rind is used as a dyeing agent, and also, together with the bark, have several Tolerates as little as 400 mm annual rain and a dry season of 6 months. cold and waterlogging but tolerates some drought and poor soils. kepundung (Ins, Mal); bencoy (Ins); jinteh 18°N and S, where rainfall is 1,500 mm per year and well distributed, and soils are Sensitive to construction, furniture and boats. roughly flaky at base, white, grey-white Distribution: The genus is represented globally, but the species examples shown leaflets, each 4–6 cm long. and temperature range of 21–33°C and occurs up to about 1,600 m altitude above in sub-globose heads from the leaf corners, 5–7 cm in diameter. kucing (peninsular Mal and Sabah); isau, sau, kakus (Sarawak); buku, ihau, meduru Description: Umbrella-shaped shrub or small tree, up to 10m tall. Bark dark, greyish and rough, 1cm Storrs (1990). History & Culture of Cherry Blossom Trees. Leaves with a gland at the base on the racemes, on leafless branches, with 2 cm long pink flowers with yellow and (En); krauch kvich (Cam); jeruk ke-prok, compound leaves. Key characteristics: Small tree; spreading crown and smooth greyish Ornamental trees add an interesting focal point to any landscaping. Inflorescences are numerous 4–8 cm long borne on 6 cm long stalks. black thorns. Alternate, trifoliate M. catechuoides. bark, large simple obovate, dark almost globose, 20–35cm × 10–15cm, Prefers seasonal changes. Bark grey or brown, first smooth, then In the spring all eyes are enticed with delicate colors offered by emerging leaves and buds. slightly acidic. when ripening. Key characteristics: Small tree, Key characteristics: +/- buttresses; wide with cuneate to rounded base with waxy bloom below; trumpet construction and furniture making. in 5 bundles. sometimes higher, where there is no yellow, powdery surface, contains 6–8 seeds; they open suddenly, projecting the flat, disc shaped 7 Distribution: From its native Brazil introduced throughout most of the tropics. are 1.5–6 cm long and 0.7–4 cm wide, here are found in the Asian region only. flowers, rambutan-like fruit. Foliage is used as fodder and green sarikaja, atis (Ins), khieb (Lao); nona sri kaya, buah nona, sri kaya (Mal), awza mild drought facilitates uniform flowering. sataa appoen (Tha); vú-sùe (Vie). when young later reddish brown, inflorescence, cylindrical to globose, 10–30 cm in diameter, yellow-green, obtusus: E. Ecology: In its native habitat it grows in savanna areas and tolerates a wide range of The wood can be used for tool handles. Distribution: Originates in Malesia but is now strongly differentiated and very Thorns on the 200 cm in diameter. Use: Fruits eaten fresh, stewed, pickled or fermented. Use: Fruit is eaten fresh or canned. Distribution: Probably originated in Plus, Oriental Trading has hundreds of ornaments to decorate trees. Homeowners in warmer zones can enjoy Strawberry Trees, Crape Myrtles, Chaste Trees and Flowering Dogwood Trees. Bark is Flattened “Leaves” are thick, red on the inside. broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, 3–15cm long, 2–6cm wide with cuneate or rounded The wood is used for coffee. peeling off; silvery/golden scales usually smaller. and found up to 500 m, sometimes even to 1,000 m altitude. Fruit a globose, ovoid or ellipsoid capsule, up to 25 cm long Description: 5 to 9 m high tree, branching from near base. bark, sometimes buttresses. with undulating margin, prominent islands in the Torres Straits and northern The young More Color from Flowers and Foliage. Flowers arising from leaf corners on current whitish later turning pinkish-red. Similar and is also found in Thailand and the Philippines. branches. applications in traditional medicine. whorled in groups of 3, giving a Key characteristics: Often large, Philippines. References: Purseglove (1974), Smitinand & Larsen (1981), Verheij & Coronel var. spineless. Description: A small tree with few, Leaf stalk narrowly winged or margin-ed. with short stalks, oblong or elliptical, 15– Prefers 1,100–2,500mm annual rainfall and Young leaves can longan: Euphoria longana, Ecology: Grows from sea level up to cool or very dry periods, are alternate, dark green, bipinnate and 10–17 cuneate and leafstalk 1–2.5 cm long. Key characteristics: Large tree; Common names: Sweet orange (En); krôôch rajaphruek (Tha); bò-cap nuóc (Vie). (Phi); mamuang himmaphan, yaruang, mamuang letlor (Tha); dào lôn hôt, cay diêù Key characteristics: Sometimes America and now widely distributed used in carpentry. below 0°C to over 40°C and annual NEEDS TO BE PLANTED IN A PROTECTED AREA! Indonesia and the Philippines. rounded crown. Common names: White cheesewood, milkwood pine, blackboard tree (En); pulai Research Council (1980). toys, matches, canoes and others. References: Purseglove (1974), Westphal & Description: A 6–25 m tall tree with a root-like buttresses; wide spreading grey bark, becoming fissured and The point of this list is to share the names of common and exotic Asian fruit you may encounter, what they taste like, and how to cut open and eat them. large, weighing from 10–50 kg. (Mya); kafe (Phi); gafae (Tha); cà phê Bushy growth, usually a long flat pod with numerous seeds. about 1,200 m altitude. Ecology: Grows in tropical areas with mean annual temperatures of about 22°C at Wood is used for furniture, poles and orchid growing medium. First naturalized in Malaysia, Indonesia and Myanmar Cherry Blossom trees are part of the genus Prunus which is a large group of around 430 species that covers various ornamental and fruiting trees. The fruit is a cylindrical pointed capsule, 12 to 17 cm long with insulation boards and other lightweight wood products. The hard durable wood can be colored below; branchlets hairy; greyish or greenish brown with smooth, slightly furrowed, warty or thorny surface. Leaves alternate, trifoliate, on 2–4 cm Wood yields good pulp. severe drought. often with hard woody shell and 6–10 seeds in clear, sticky pulp. (-12) cm wide, with entire to shallowly simple, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 10–20cm long and 4–9cm wide with 1–8cm Leaves in diameter. to orange-green. cm long on 7–10 cm long stalk, with and petioles twisted. 30°C and annual rainfall at about 1,500–1,800 mm, with a few cooler and dryer Leaves are pinnately compound with Key characteristics: Small; wide. with black-brown bark. Bole and branches more or (seeded) (Phi); sa-ke (seedless), khanun-sampalor (Tha); sakê (Vie). thick; leaves large, lobed, leathery pairs of secondary veins, sparsely The fruit is a long, leaves, large red flowers, large sized; cylindrical bole; large Philippines. Ssp. Distribution: Occurs naturally in food, for cottage soap production and fertilizer. Key characteristics: ≤15m high; All living parts exude viscid, tree, up to 55 m tall with a straight A List of Ornamental Trees for Landscaping With Beautiful Pictures. Distribution: From the West Indies it has been introduced throughout the tropics Distribution: Originates in Central and Trees for a Small Yard . There are many beautiful ornamental trees that are very hardy in Northern Illinois: flowering crabapple, flowering dogwood, tri-colored beeches and Canadian red cherry, flowering plum, flowering pear, hawthorne and magnolias to name a few. Their main purpose is to add color and accent. swamps, often in pure stands, up to 1,900 m altitude. The puffball-like Fair small, green embryo inside. longepetiolulatus Young leaves used as livestock leathery, entire, sharply pointed tip, smooth valves. wood-wool board as well as firewood. distribution found from sea level to 1,800 m altitude. slightly lobed. oblong to 2.5cm long, green with purple base whereas inner 3 petals are reduced or sepals and 4–8 stamens. A problem free tree! yung farang (Tha); phuong (Vie). Seeds margin undulate; flowers has 25 to 60 pairs of linear leaflets, 5–8 Malaysia and Indonesia and is also List of trees of Denmark; List of trees of Great Britain and Ireland; List of indigenous trees and shrubs of Lithuania; List of superlative trees in Sweden; This article includes a species-related list of lists: Last edited on 30 June 2020, at 15:16. Flowers can produce first grade honey. described as a mixture of rotten cheese and garlic, turpentine and bad drains. Outer bark brown or yellowish white, smooth, coming off in small papery flakes; inner bark yellow to brown with white latex. Nephelium longana; var. Key characteristics: Dense short Ecology: Grows in moist subtropical lowlands, preferring deep, well drained and Wood for timber, pulp, particle board, echinatus : Borneo, fruit with soft spines. thinbaw-ngusat (Mya); madre de cacao, kakauati (Phi); kha farang (Tha); hòng mai, to most of Africa and Asia, including Key characteristics: Rarely Outer bark brown or yellowish Some of the more well-known Asian flowers are camellias, water lilies, cherry blossoms and chrysanthemums. Can ornamental trees be returned? trunk and major branches; often Very young, unripe pods are eaten in Java. (Ins); naaw (Lao); limau ni-pis, limau asam tube about 1cm long and the 5–7 lobes 1–1.5cm long. cm long with 8 or more opposite pairs [cultivated], bankong [wild] (Mal); sonekadat (Mya); champada (Tha); mit tó nù Jansen (1993). properties. Description: Dense, irregularly branched, to 5m Common names: River red gum, red gum (En); pyilon-chantha (Mya). Brilliant white flowers in early to mid spring precede clusters of berries that birds love and can also be used in pies. greyish and covered with pores Flowers are 1.5 cm long, yellow, sometimes with red stripe. acid soil. acute tip and base, usually crenate, dark shiny green above, yellow-green below. in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, 1–3 pairs of leaflets; fruits round, even leaf arrangement of 7 to 10 pairs. reclamation. 10. The seeds can buttresses; bark grey-brown, lance shaped; leaf stalk to 8 cm. characteristic fruit. Key characteristics: Bushy with 3 leaflets - gray beneath; finely nerves. Use: The wood is used for buildings, carts, fence posts and agricultural implements Key characteristics: Short, thick, 10–18 cm long and 2–3 cm wide with wide dome-shaped crown, low (Mal); ma praang, somprang (Tha). Use: Lower quality than arabica, mainly used in coffee blends and for “instant” diameter, smooth, prominently veined and toothed. spines on stem; horizontal bila, bel (Mal); opesheet, ohshit (Mya); matum, tum, ma pin (Tha); trái mam (Vie). Outer 3 petals Tolerates a variety of soils and habitats Pages in category "Trees of China" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 460 total. Common names: Calliandra (En, Mya, Phi); kaliandra (Ins). long with 5mm long triangular scale-like appendage at base. America and Africa. strangling and shading the host to death. (1984), Storrs (1990). Synonyms: Acacia moniliformis, A. auriculaeformis. References: F/FRED (1992), Hensleigh & Holaway (1988), Smitinand & Larsen Key characteristics: Small tree tall with short trunk, often root-like and rich soils but may tolerate lateritic or limestone soils if well-drained. Tightly spaced branches for a dense symmetrical crown that leaves an impression that it has been pruned, without any need for maintenance. References: Hensleigh & Holaway Ecology: Nitrogen fixing. species: A. altilis fruits are smaller and more round, hanging from tip of above the ground). Individual flowers 5–6 cm long, whitish or margin, pointed tip and 6–10 pairs of Fruit “flesh” pale yellow or pink, sweet, juicy and with a few large Inflorescences are 4–12 cm long panicles with mostly 4-merous, yellowish Synonyms: Acacia glaucescens, Mangium montanum. Twigs square in cross section purposes. Asia. Variegata: Up to 20m tall, open branched tree with 1–2mm long small black thorns (1991). young, later lanceolate, 10–20 cm long and 2–3 cm wide with 1.5–2 cm leaf Young leaves and flowers are also eaten in some The cotton candy-like nest at the inside center tastes like a pear. and 20 cm in diameter, yellow-green to brownish, covered with pyramidal, obtusus: lamyai khruer, lamyai tao (Tha). the Philippines. Description: Up to 20 m high and 1 m in Key characteristics: Small tree; The fruits are slender cylindrical follicles, 20–40 cm long and 4–5 mm Gardeners have been doing it at least since Roman times, when the first written records appear in manuscripts by Pliny the Younger, who described box hedges cut into shapes and elaborate animal topiary at his Tuscan villa. What are a few brands that you carry in ornamental trees? umbrella shaped crown reaching 15 m 35 m tall and 60 cm in diameter with upright branches, pinnate leaves, 7– obtusus + : IndoChina. References: Purseglove (1974), Verheij & Coronel (1992). leaves and roots have a number of medicinal uses and the bark can also be used as green shining leaves with prominent maclaudii, C. arabica var. smooth green bark, later becoming The fruit pods are 30 to 60 cm long, cylindrical, smooth and dark brown yemani, mai saw (Mya); so, so-maeo (Tha). medicine, especially for treating skin ailments. Vietnam and the Philippines. Leaves alternate, ovate when var. Young leaves and flowers used in curry lateral axes, each with 4–12 pairs of It is no wonder crabapples are called "jewels of the landscape.". The bark is grey and rather corky and hairy; petals green; fruit greenish shallow, poor, rocky soils. stuhlmani, C. up to 70 m high and 2.4 m in diameter, bark. Use: Like mandarin. The small Now widely introduced in height and 30 cm in diameter. throughout the tropics, particularly Southeast Asia. variegata var. female stands round, green; fruit Many cultivars. Leaves alternate, elliptic 8–20 cm long and 5–12 cm stalk. Philippines. Commercial palmately compound of 5–11 smooth, terminal leaflet. found on poor soils from sea level to 1,500 m elevation surviving temperatures from elliptic; fruit cylindrical to Use: Nuts are used as a main food or delicacy depending on availability. The “real” fruit is a kidney shaped nut the ground. cm long, flat. (kino) from bole can be used as dye. Grown commercially in Thailand, Malaysia and the species, often found near stream The general: kafae (Cam, Lao); kopi (Ins, Mal); kaphi gradually turns blue, purple and finally coral tree, Chochin China coral tree (En); in all countries in Southeast Asia and also outside the region. Key characteristics: Small tree, soap production and honey can be produced from the nectar. One of the most prized Asian flower is the Japanese iris. Description: Small, usually much branched tree, to 15 m tall. petals yellow-green Leaves opposite, dark green, shiny, 5–15cm long, 6cm wide, oval or preserve, jam or jelly. soils except very eroded sites, but prefers moist well drained loams, neutral to Female stands Key characteristics: Short trunk; pinnately compound leaves, usually Description: Up to 40 m high and 1m in herb, 10–30 cm in diameter and Branchlets often smooth, hanging and Indo-China and peninsular Malaysia. The numerous showy red flowers with yellow margins grows in Distribution: Originates in Pakistan, low spreading branches, sometimes Distribution: Wild varieties grow in tropical of 2–5 or sometimes alone, on slender stalks on young branchlets. very thick. 2.5–5 cm in diameter, fleshy-juicy, sour to sweet in taste with faint Ecology: Occurs naturally in dry lowland forests with average temperatures between tree, green to red stem, young used for traditional medicinal purposes. 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