Syzygium pycnanthum (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Syzygium pycnanthum Merr. & Perry
- Family: Myrtaceae
Synonyms
Eugenia densiflora (Blume) Duthie.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: kelampok (Bahasa Indonesia), jambon, jambu kapa (Java)
- Malaysia: kelat asam, kelat jambu.
Distribution
Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
Fruits and flowers are edible. The bark is used to dye cotton brown. The wood is used as firewood. The species is used as termite- resistant rootstock for other Syzygium spp.
Observations
Shrub or tree, 2-15 m tall. Fruit a globose berry, ca. 3 cm in diameter, red-purple, crowned by the calyx limb. In brushwoods of open forests and along waterways, up to 1500 m altitude.
Selected sources
3, 10, 26, 51.
