Syzygium rugosum (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Syzygium rugosum Korth.
- Protologue: Nederl. Kruidk. Arch. 1: 204 (1847).
Synonyms
Eugenia rugosa (Korth.) Merr. (1917).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo (Kalimantan); possibly also Sumatra.
Uses
The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.
Observations
A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 38 m tall, bole up to 120 cm in diameter, with buttresses up to 2 m high, bark surface scaly or flaky, occasionally fissured, red or reddish-brown; leaves very variable in shape, from ovate to narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 6-16 cm × 2-7 cm, with 10-30 pairs of fairly close-set, fine, indistinct secondary veins, petiole up to 10 mm long; flowers in axillary and terminal, fairly compact inflorescences, calyx up to 10 mm long, with 4-5 persistent lobes; fruit broadly obconical to slightly cone-shaped, c. 1 cm long. S. rugosum is widely distributed.
Selected sources
429, 705.