Riedlea tiliifolia DC.

Frost tender shrub or small tree with toothed leaves and terminal corymbs of numerous small pink flowers.  To 60cm.  [Don].

Horticultural & Botanical History

‘Andaman Islands, Malay Archipelago, and Burmah, hotter parts of India, etc.

Fiber. — This is known as betina-da.  It is a bast fiber, which when twisted into a stout cord is woven into the turtle nets used by the fishermen of the Andaman Islauds.’  [Dodge - Useful Fiber Plants of the World p.240/1897].

History at Camden Park

Probably short lived in the gardens as the only reference is the published 1850 catalogue.  It is underlined in a copy held at the Mitchell Library together with other plants that do not appear in the 1857 edition.  [ML 635.9m].

Notes

Published Mar 07, 2010 - 05:28 PM | Last updated Feb 04, 2011 - 04:51 PM

More details about Riedlea tiliifolia DC.
Family Sterculiaceae
Category
Region of origin

Timor, India, South East Asia
Synonyms
  • Melochia arborea Blanco
  • Melochia velutina Wall. ex Bed.
  • Visenia umbellata Wight
  • Visenia tomentosa Miq.
  • Glossospermum velutinum Wall.
  • and many more
Common Name
Name in the Camden Park Record

Reedlia tilifolia 
Confidence level high