Trees & Plants

Hernandia nymphaeifolia

Hernandia nymphaeifolia (J.

Very common as a major tree associate in forest areas. (J. Presl) Kubitzki The soft wood is used to make fishing rods, fish net floats, wooden sandals, fan handles, drawing boards, canoe accessories and furniture. Leaves, roots, bark and seeds are useful to treat bone fractures.T

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uses: The soft wood is used to make fishing rods, fish net floats, wooden sandals, fan handles, drawing boards, canoe accessories and furniture. Leaves, roots, bark and seeds are useful to treat bone fractures.The leaves are useful to relieve headaches in children. in or as
family: Hernandiaceae
synonym: Biasolettia nymphaeifolia C. Presl, Hernandia peltata Meisn.
description: Evergreen trees, to 20m high, bark greyish. Leaves simple, rounded- × cordate, 7-20 6-15 cm, petioles to 8 cm, peltate; monoecious. Inflorescence axillary, long pedunculate, corymbose cymes, flowers small, white, clustered together usually in groups of three, the male flowers having 3 petals and the females 4. Fruit a drupe, 2.5 - 3.5 cm across, surrounded by a white or pink fleshy covering with a hole at one end; seed one, black, globose, ca. 5 mm diameter.
native range: Eastern Polynesia to Tropical East Africa
distribution: Th roughout the tropics
flowering fruiting: Th roughout the year
occurrence maldives: Very common as a major tree associate in forest areas. (J. Presl) Kubitzki