Achariaceae
Hydnocarpus

Hydnocarpus castaneus Hook.f. & Thomson

First published in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 197 (1872)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indo-China to W. Malesia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as animal food and a medicine and for fuel and food.

Descriptions

Distribution
Elevation range: 350–350 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Cundinamarca.
Habit
Shrub, Small tree, Tree.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: shrubland.
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Fuel
Used for fuels.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0