Syzygium antisepticum (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Syzygium antisepticum (Blume) Merr. & Perry
- Protologue: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 18: 159 (1939).
Synonyms
Eugenia cuprea Koord. & Valeton (1900), Eugenia spicata Koord. & Valeton (1900) non Lamk.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: gelam buut, ki tambaga, pancal kidang (Java).
Distribution
Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
Uses
The timber is occasionally used for building houses. The bark has been used for dyeingblack.
Observations
A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 40 m tall, bole columnar, up to 100 cm in diameter, bark surface copper-red and flaky; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3-8 cm × 1-4 cm, with rather closely spaced (2-4 mm) secondary veins, petiole 3-4 mm long; flowers in axillary or terminal inflorescences, whitish, calyx c. 6 mm long with tube prolonged beyond ovary and 5(-6) subequal lobes; fruit globose, c. 10 mm in diameter, whitish. S. antisepticum occurs in rain forest up to 1700 m altitude. The wood is hard, durable and pinkish-brown to reddish-brown. The density is 860-940 kg/m3at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
36, 234, 303, 429, 474.