Syzygium splendens (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Syzygium splendens (Blume) Merr. & Perry
- Protologue: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 18: 180 (1939).
Synonyms
Eugenia opaca auct. non Poir.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: gelam, ki sireum, ki tambaga (Sundanese, Java).
Distribution
Java and Borneo (Sarawak, Kalimantan).
Uses
The timber is used locally for house building.
Observations
A medium-sized tree up to 20 m tall, bole straight, slightly fluted, up to 30 cm in diameter, with buttresses, bark surface greyish-brown to coppery reddish-brown; leaves oblong-elliptical, 9-20 cm × 3.5-8 cm, with 10-14 pairs of secondary veins distinct below, petiole c. 10 mm long; flowers sessile in axillary or terminal panicles, calyx c. 5 mm long, with 4 unequal lobes, inner lobes with a petal-like apex; fruit globose, up to 2 cm in diameter. S. splendens occurs scattered in rain forest up to 1300 m altitude. The wood is pale brown or pinkish-brown, heavy and fairly hard.
Selected sources
36, 234, 303, 429.