Mazhar Botanic Garden

Siphonodon celastrineus Griff.

Ivory wood

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001044
Common name: Ivory wood
English name: Ivory wood
Arabic name: سيفونودن
Native: Cambodia, India, Myanmar
Country: Bangladesh Cambodia India Myanmar Thailand Vietnam
(PGR): Rare

A medium-sized to large, 15-30 m high, 300-500 cm in diam, tropical tree with a long, often buttressed bole with yellowish bark leaves simple, broadest at or near middle, serrate to dentate, leaves lower surface pal green or green, upper surface dull green flowers unisexual with male and female flowers on the same plant fruit fleshy yellow in mature, 250-400 mm long, 200-600 mm diam, indehiscent, berry

Ornamental plant. Medicinal. food source, fruits edible. wood ivory.

Siphonodon pyriformis Merr

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Mangrove swamp forest
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Mediterranean
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds, stem cuttings
Flowering time: Spring - summer
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 5.0-7.0

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