Syzygium richardsonianum (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Syzygium richardsonianum Merr. & Perry

Protologue: Journ. Arn. Arb. 23: 274 (1942).

Distribution

New Guinea.

Uses

The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.

Observations

A small to medium-sized tree up to 25 m tall, bole up to 30 cm in diameter, bark surface smooth, whitish; leaves elliptical, 7.5-12 cm × 4-8 cm, with c. 13 pairs of inconspicuous secondary veins, petiole c. 15 mm long; flowers sessile in terminal paniculate inflorescences, cream-coloured, calyx with 4 unequal, comparatively large, deciduous lobes; fruit depressed globose, c. 45 mm in diameter, yellowish-white. S. richardsonianum occurs in primary and secondary foothill and montane rain forest at 1000-2800 m altitude.

Selected sources

221, 430.