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Mallotus floribundus is a tree in the family Euphorbiaceae, in the Stylanthus section,
native to Southeast Asia, Wallaceae, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
The species is native to Southeast Asia, Wallacea, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Countries and regions that it grows in are: Solomon Islands; Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago, mainland); Indonesia (Papua, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Bali, Jawa, Sumatera); Philippines; Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, Peninsular Malaysia); Brunei Darussalam; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; Laos; and Myanmar.
In Sumatera the wood is used to make small objects, while the tree is grown as an ornamental in Myanmar. The leaves are used in an infusion that is drunk as a tea in Cambodia, where they also use the twigs of the plant for firewood.
Mallotus atrovirens · Green Kamala · Mallotus cumingii · White Kamala · Mallotus distans · Mallotus eriocarpus · Fig-leaved mallotus · Mallotus fuscescens · East Asian Mallotus · Mallotus korthalsii · Mallotus megadontus · Woolly mallotus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mallotus floribundus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
