Syzygium rosulentum (PROSEA)
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Syzygium rosulentum (Ridley) Merr. & Perry
- Protologue: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 18: 150 (1939).
Synonyms
Eugenia rosulenta Ridley (1930).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: ubah samak (Sarawak).
Distribution
Borneo.
Uses
The timber is reputed to be used as kelat. The bark is used for tanning nets.
Observations
A medium-sized tree, bole with tall, stout buttresses, bark surface flaky, red-brown; leaves elliptical, c. 20 cm × 9.5 cm, with c. 18 pairs of secondary veins distinct below, petiole c. 15 mm long; flowers sessile in compact, stout terminal cymes, pink, with persistentbracts, small, calyx c. 3 mm long with 4 lobes of c. 1 mm long; fruit unknown. In Sarawak, S. rosulentum occurs in small groups on friable clay-rich soils on ridges in mixed dipterocarp forest, often with Shorea pauciflora King.
Selected sources
576.