Syzygium benjaminum (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Syzygium benjaminum Diels
- Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 411 (1922).
Synonyms
Syzygium micropetalum Merr. & Perry (1942).
Distribution
New Guinea.
Uses
The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.
Observations
A small to medium-sized tree up to 21 m tall, bole up to 35 cm in diameter, bark surface brown; leaves oblong to obovate or elliptical, 1.5-5 cm × 1-2.5 cm, with up to 17 pairs of secondary veins prominent below, petiole 1-4 mm long; flowers in axillary (sometimes terminal), simple or few-branched inflorescences, white, calyx up to 3 mm long with 4 minute lobes; fruit subglobose, c. 5 mm in diameter, violet when ripe. S. benjaminum occurs in primary montane forest and cloud forest at 1350-2700 m altitude.
Selected sources
221, 430.