Syzygium subcorymbosum (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Syzygium subcorymbosum Merr. & Perry

Protologue: Journ. Arn. Arb. 23: 297 (1942).

Distribution

New Guinea, New Britain and the Solomon Islands.

Uses

The timber is reputed to be used as kelat.

Observations

A medium-sized tree up to 25 m tall, bole slender, bark surface slightly scaly, greyish; leaves elliptical, 5.5-7 cm × 3-4 cm, with numerous indistinct secondary veins, petiole up to 5 mm long; flowers sessile in terminal subcorymbose inflorescences, white, calyx up to 9 mm long, with 5 lobes; fruit barrel-shaped, up to 3.5 cm long. S. subcorymbosum is often confused with S. buettnerianum but differs in the colour of the flowers and the shape and size of the fruits. It occurs in lowland rain forest up to 300 m altitude.

Selected sources

221, 430.