Syzygium kwangtungense (Merr.) Merr.

Species

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Characteristics

Trees, to 5 m tall. Branchlets dark brown when dry, terete or slightly compressed; old branches brown. Petiole 3-5 mm; leaf blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 5-8 × 1.5-4 cm, leathery, abaxially brown to reddish brown when dry, adaxially dark brown and not glossy when dry, abaxially glandular, adaxially with numerous impressed glands, secondary veins 3-4 mm apart, at an angle of ca. 60° from midvein, and inconspicuous on both surfaces, intramarginal veins ca. 1 mm from margin, base broadly cuneate to obtuse, apex obtuse to slightly acute. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, paniculate cymes, 2-4 cm; peduncle ± ridged. Flower buds 3-4 mm. Hypanthium obconic, ca. 3 mm. Calyx lobes inconspicuous. Petals white, coherent, ca. 3 mm in diam. Stamens 7-8 mm. Style as long as stamens. Fruit black, globose, 7-9 mm in diam. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Oct-Dec.
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A tree. It grows 5 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval. They are 5-8 cm long by 1.5-4 cm wide. The flower petals are white. The fruit is round and black and 7-9 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Environment

It is a warm temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Syzygium kwangtungense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:601827-1
WFO ID wfo-0000318858
COL ID 7BBPV
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Synonyms

Syzygium kwangtungense Eugenia kwangtungensis