Syzygium mananquil (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Syzygium mananquil (Blanco) Merr.
- Protologue: Philipp. Journ. Sci., Bot. 79: 402 (1951).
Synonyms
Eugenia mananquil Blanco (1845).
Vernacular names
- Philippines: manangkil (Tagalog), panglongbuyen-kopakopa (Iloko), kagoko (Samar-Leyte Bisaya, Lanao).
Distribution
The Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Leyte, Mindanao).
Uses
The timber is used in the construction of houses, especially for posts. The fruit is edible.
Observations
A small to medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bole sometimes reaching 120 cm in diameter; leaves elliptical, 7-15 cm × 2.5-5.5 cm, with 8-13 pairs of secondary veins, petiole up to 7 mm long; flowers in cymes on tubercles on trunk, pinkish-white or yellowish-white, pedicels with an articulation under the pseudostalk at the base of the calyx, calyx with 4 persistent lobes; fruit ovoid, c. 4 cm long, red when ripe. S. mananquil is common in primary forest at low and medium altitude.
Selected sources
68, 426, 533.