Syzygium densinervium (PROSEA)
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Syzygium densinervium (Merr.) Merr.
- Protologue: Philipp. Journ. Sci., Bot. 79: 387 (1951).
Synonyms
Eugenia densinervia Merr. (1906).
Vernacular names
- Philippines: salakadan, katong-matsing, malaruhat (Tagalog).
Distribution
The Philippines.
Uses
The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.
Observations
A medium-sized, slender tree up to 25 m tall, bark surface pale brown or greyish; leaves obovate to elliptical, 11-18 cm × 5-8 cm, with numerous, close-set, indistinct secondary veins, petiole up to 20 mm long; flowers in terminal corymbose panicles, whitish often tinged with red, calyx c. 6 mm long, obscurely 4-lobed; fruit shortly ellipsoid to subglobose, c. 15 mm long, purplish-red when ripe. S. densinervium occurs in primary forest up to 600 m altitude. It may possibly be closely allied to S. fastigiatum .
Selected sources
125, 426.