Eugenia kiahii (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Eugenia kiahii M.R. Henderson

Protologue: Gard. Bull. Sing. 11: 307 (1947).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia.

Uses

The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.

Observations

A medium-sized tree up to 27 m tall, bole up to 60 cm in diameter, with sharp buttresses up to 3 m high and stilt roots in swampy habitat, bark surface papery scaly, reddish-brown; leaves rounded to elliptical-oblong, 8-14 cm × 5-9 cm, with 7-10 pairs of indistinct secondary veins, petiole c. 10 mm long; flowers in short dense terminal inflorescences, calyx with 5 distinct lobes; fruit unknown. E. kiahii is widely distributed in lowland forest including swamps.

Selected sources

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