Gmelina uniflora
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Fruit
The seeds and fruit are edible.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in forest from sea level to 1,300 m above sea level.
Asia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sarawak, SE Asia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A climbing shrub. It is 6 cm across. It can grow 30 m long. The bark is greyish. The fruit is pale yellow and 25-40 mm long by 15-25 mm wide. The seed is edible.
How to Grow
Found in the wild on clay, sandy clay or loam soils, sometimes overlying sandstone, shale, limestone or ultramafic.
Medicinal Uses
The fruit is pounded to a paste, which is then applied topically to treat goitres.
Other Uses
A soap is obtained by crushing the bark and adding water. The sapwood is white to pale orange.
Notes
There are 33 Gmelina species. They are mostly tropical. Also put in the family Verbenaceae.
References (1)
- Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants.
