Syzygium muelleri (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Syzygium muelleri (Miq.) Miq.
- Protologue: Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 453 (1855).
Synonyms
Eugenia muelleri Miq. (1850), Eugenia venulosa Wallich ex Duthie (1878).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: kelat puteh, kelat putera, kelat paya (Peninsular).
Distribution
Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Borneo (Sabah, Kalimantan).
Uses
The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 22 m tall, bole slightly fluted at base, stilt-rooted, bark surface smooth or slightly fissured and scaly, greyish-brown; leaves elliptical to obovate, 5-11.5 cm × 3-5.5 cm, with 5-14 pairs of rather distinct secondary veins, petiole up to 5 mm long; flowers in terminal corymbose panicles, white, calyx 3.5-5 mm long, with 5 obscure lobes; fruit globose, c. 13 mm in diameter, green suffused purple. S. muelleri often occurs along streams and in swamp forest, locally frequently. The wood is purplish grey-brown or dull red; the density is about 1000 kg/m3at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
78, 90, 104, 140, 429, 529, 705.