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Melicope latifolia

Melicope latifolia
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0
Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Myanmar to SW. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

About

Melicope latifolia is a space of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. The specific epithet latifolia means 'broad-leaved'.

Where it grows

Melicope latifolia is native to Myanmar, Malesia, Papuasia, Samoa, the Santa Cruz Islands, and Vanuatu. In Sabah (Borneo) its habitat is forests and open places from sea-level to 600 metres (2,000 ft) elevation.

Uses

In Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia, the plant's leaves have been used in the treatment of cramps and fevers. In Indonesia, the plant's resin has been used as a varnish or adhesive.

Other Melicope plants

Melicope accedens · Auwahi melicope · Melicope affinis · Ballou's melicope · Yellow evodia · False Euodia · Waianae Range melicope · Manena · Melicope clemensiae · Melicope confusa · Melicope contermina · Pilo 'ula

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melicope latifolia 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.

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