Syzygium kihamense (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Syzygium kihamense Merr. & Perry

Protologue: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 18: 150 (1939).

Distribution

Borneo (Sabah, Kalimantan).

Uses

The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.

Observations

A medium-sized tree up to 25 m tall, bole up to 50 cm in diameter; leaves obovate-oblong, 12-22 cm × 3.5-8 cm, with 8-12 pairs of rather distinct secondary veins, petiole up to 9 mm long; flowers in axillary and terminal inflorescences; fruit pitcher-like, c. 7 mm long.

Selected sources

77, 429.