Syzygium plumeum (PROSEA)
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Syzygium plumeum (Ridley) Merr. & Perry
- Protologue: Journ. Arn. Arb. 23: 296 (1942).
Synonyms
Eugenia plumea Ridley (1916), Syzygium leptanthelium Diels (1922).
Distribution
New Guinea.
Uses
The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 25 m tall, bark surface cinnamon-brown; leaves oblong-obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, 4-7 cm × 1.5-3.5 cm, with numerous secondary veins, petiole up to 10 mm long; flowers in axillary and terminal panicles, white, calyx c. 3 mm long, with 4 small lobes; fruit unknown. S. plumeum occurs in foothill and montane rain forest up to 2300 m altitude.
Selected sources
141, 221.