Syzygium ridleyi (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Syzygium ridleyi (King) P. Chantaranothai & J. Parnell
- Protologue: Kew Bull. 48: 608 (1993).
Synonyms
Eugenia ridleyi King (1901).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: kelat jambu ayer, kelat merah (Peninsular)
- Thailand: mak (Phangnga).
Distribution
Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.
Uses
The timber is used locally as kelat.
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bole up to 65 cm in diameter, with tall buttresses up to 3 m high, bark surface fissured and scaly or flaky, greyish-brown to reddish; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 8-18 cm × 3-6 cm, with 6-12 pairs of secondary veins distinct below, deep blue when young, petiole c. 10 mm long; flowers in axillary and terminal panicles, bright green, calyx 3-5 mm long, with 4 short but broad persistent lobes; fruit globose with 2 distinct ridges, c. 30 mm in diameter, greenish. S. ridleyi occurs scattered in lowland rain forest. The wood is grey-brown with a purple tinge; the density is about 670 kg/m3at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
78, 90, 104, 140, 529, 705.