? odorata Roxb.
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- UNRANKED
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Magnoliopsida
- order
- Malvales
- family
- Malvaceae
One of the world's most important timbers, it has been widely overexploited in the wild and is now frequently cultivated as a plantation tree for its valuable timber, especially in the Americas and Africa. It is sometimes planted as an ornamental along roads and in parks
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of wood and essential oil. It is often grown as a hedge, and is cultivated in gardens of southeast Asia as an ornamental and for the very fragrant flowers which are used to flavour tea, to scent clothes etc; the flowers are commonly found for sale in local markets
The essential oil from the flowers is used by the food industry, especially in peach and apricot flavourings
No known uses.
No known uses.
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes planted, in places such as Florida, the Philippines and India.
No known uses.
The tree is harvested from the wild as a local source of medicines. Often grown as an ornamental, it also has potential as a pioneer species in reforestation projects.