Syzygium acutangulum (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Syzygium acutangulum K. Schumann

Protologue: K. Schumann & Hollrung, Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land: 89 (1889).

Synonyms

Syzygium papuasicum Merr. & Perry (1942).

Distribution

The Aru Islands, New Guinea, New Britain and the Solomon Islands.

Uses

The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.

Observations

A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bark surface smooth, rust-red, branchlets 4-angled, compressed or terete; leaves oblong-elliptical, 12-25 cm × 6-12 cm, with c. 15 pairs ofsecondary veins, petiole 5-16 mm long; flowers in panicles up to 20 cm long on leafless twigs, calyx c. 3 mm long, minutely lobed; fruit subglobose, up to 25 mm in diameter, black and juicy when ripe. S. acutangulum occurs in rain forest, often on wet land, up to 1000 m altitude.

Selected sources

221, 430, 489.