Syzygium clavellatum (PROSEA)
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Syzygium clavellatum (Merr.) Merr.
- Protologue: Philipp. Journ. Sci., Bot. 79: 382 (1951).
Synonyms
Eugenia clavellata Merr. (1906).
Vernacular names
- Philippines: kutangol (Subanun).
Distribution
The Philippines (Luzon, Samar, Mindanao).
Uses
The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.
Observations
A small to medium-sized tree up to 20 m tall, bark surface greyish or pale brown; leaves elliptical-ovate, 4-8 cm × 2-4.5 cm, with numerous indistinct secondary veins, petiole c. 4 mm long; flowers sessile in axillary and terminal panicles, calyx c. 2 mm long, truncate or very obscurely 4-lobed; fruit unknown. S. clavellatum occurs in primary forest at medium altitudes.
Selected sources
417, 426.