Syzygium corymbosum (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Syzygium corymbosum (Blume) DC.
- Protologue: Prodr. 3: 261 (1828).
Synonyms
Eugenia corymbifera Koord. & Valeton (1900).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: ki sireum (Sundanese, Java), salam wana (Javanese, Java).
Distribution
Java.
Uses
The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bole up to 60 cm in diameter; leaves oblong-elliptical, 8-15 cm × 3-5 cm, with 8-10 pairs of secondary veins prominent below, petiole 10-20 mm long; flowers in terminal, strongly branched and many-flowered inflorescences, white, calyx up to 6 mm long, obscurely lobed; fruit globose, c. 25 mm in diameter, greenish. S. corymbosum occurs scattered in primary rain forest up to 1000 m altitude.
Selected sources
36, 303.