Syzygium tripinnatum (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Syzygium tripinnatum (Blanco) Merr.
- Protologue: Philipp. Journ. Sci., Bot. 79: 419 (1951).
Synonyms
Eugenia tripinnata (Blanco) C.B. Robinson (1909).
Vernacular names
- Philippines: hagis (Bikol), kamandak (Tagalog), baugit (Negrito).
Distribution
The Philippines.
Uses
The timber is used for general construction.
Observations
A small to medium-sized tree up to 20 m tall, bole up to 25 cm in diameter; leaves elliptical to oblong-obovate or oblanceolate, 8-13 cm × 3-5 cm, with 8-13 pairs of rather indistinct secondary veins, petiole c. 5 mm long; flowers in lateral or terminal cymes, pedicels up to 30 mm long, white, calyx up to 10 mm long, with 4 large, slightly unequal, persistent lobes; fruit depressed globose, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, white to reddish. S. tripinnatum occurs in primary forest at low and medium altitudes.
Selected sources
125, 426, 533.