Syzygium inophyllum (PROSEA)
Introduction |
- Protologue: Prodr. 3: 260 (1828).
Synonyms
Eugenia inophylla (DC.) Roxb. (1832).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: kelat puteh, samak paya, gelam tikus (Peninsular).
Distribution
Burma (Myanmar), Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Moluccas.
Uses
The timber is used in house building.
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 24 m tall, bole straight, up to 40 cm in diameter, fluted at base or with short buttresses, bark surface scaly, reddish-brown; leaves elliptical to elliptical-lanceolate, 7-14 cm × 3.5-8 cm, with numerous, close-set and indistinct secondary veins, petiole up to 13 mm long; flowers sessile in axillary and terminal panicles, creamy, calyx with (4-)5 obscure lobes; fruit globose or depressed globose, c. 25 mm in diameter. S. inophyllum occurs in lowland and lower montane rain forest. The wood is pinkish-brown; the density is about 770 kg/m3at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
78, 140, 529, 705.