Syzygium bicolor (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Syzygium bicolor Merr. & Perry

Protologue: Journ. Arn. Arb. 23: 286 (1942).

Distribution

New Guinea.

Uses

The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.

Observations

A small to medium-sized tree, bark surface flaky and reddish-brown; leaves elliptical, 3-5 cm × 1-3 cm, with 4-6 pairs of rather indistinct secondary veins, petiole c. 4 mm long; flowers in axillary and terminal inflorescences, white, calyx up to 10 mm long with 5 subequal lobes; fruit unknown. S. bicolor is locally frequent in foothill and montane rain forest at 1200-1800 m altitude.

Selected sources

221, 430.