Syzygium incarnatum (Elmer) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Species

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Characteristics

A tree. It grows to 27 m high. The trunk is 45 cm across. It can have buttresses 1.5 m high. The bark is reddish and rough. It is papery and flaky. The leaves are leathery and oval. They are 2.5-11 cm long by 1.5-5 cm wide. They are broadest in the middle to upper third. They are round at the tip. The edges roll inwards. There are 16 pairs of straight veins. The flowers occur in panicles in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. These are 12 cm long. The flowers have very short stalks. The fruit is whitish and oval. It is 12-14 mm long by 7-8 mm wide. The tip is flattened and hollowed. The outer layer is fleshy. The fruit is edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.45
Mature height (meter) 23.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. They grow in lowland forest often in swampy forest near rivers.
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Dense lowland, primary forest, often in swampy forest and near rivers.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Syzygium incarnatum world distribution map, present in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:601785-1
WFO ID wfo-0000318786
COL ID 5467N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Syzygium cerinum Syzygium incarnatum Eugenia cerina Eugenia incarnata Eugenia punctulata Syzygium punctulatum Syzygium cerinum var. montanum Syzygium cerinum var. turbinatum Eugenia cerina var. montana Eugenia cerina var. turbinata