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83. Syzygium zeylanicum (L.) DC.wfo-0000319677

Prodr. 3: 260. 1828; Gamble in Fl. Madras 1: 479. 1919; Merr. & L.M.Perry, J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 101, 224. 1938; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 159. 1939; Backer in Blumea 5: 497. 1945; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 1: 339. 1963; P.S.Ashton in Dassan, & Fosberg, Fl. Ceyl. 2: 431, 1981; PH.Hô, Câyco Vietnam 2: 62, 1992; Chantar. & J.Parn., Thai Forest Bull.(Bot.) 21: 118. 1994; Turner, Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 385. 1995.— Myrtus zeylanica L., Sp. Pl.: 472. 1753.— Acmena zeylanica (L.) Thwaites & Hook.f., Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 118. 1864.— Eugenia zeylanica (L.) Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. 2: 15 1841; Ic. 2: t. 73. 1843; Brand., Ind. Trees: 321. 1906; Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma 1: 481. 1877; Duthie in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 485. 1879; King in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 70. 108. 1901; Mater. Fl. Mal. Pen. 12: 538. 1901; Gagnep. in Lec., Fl. Gén. I.-C. 2: 804. 1920; Ridl. in J. Fed. Malay States Muş. 10: 91, 1920; F1. Mal. Pen. 1: 738. 1922; Merr., En. Born.: 434. 1921; Craib in Fl. Siam. Enum. 1: 666. 1931, non Willd. nec Roxb. Fig. 29.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Eugenia spicata Lam., Enc. 3: 201 1789; Koord. & Valeton in Meded. Lands Plantentuin 40: 122. 1900; Corner, Ways. Trees 1: 503, plate 154. 1940; M.R. Hend., Gard. Bull. Singapore 12: 231, fig. 44f. 1949; Kochummen in Ng, Tree Fl. Mal. 3: 217. 1978.
Syzygium belluta DC., op.cit. 261.
Acmena parviflora DC., op.cit. 262.
Syzygium corticatum Wall., Cat. No. 3565, nom. nud.
Eugenia glandulifera Roxb., (Hort. Bengal. 37. 1814, nom, nud.) Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2: 496. 1832.
Syzygium bracteatum Korth., Nederl. Kruidk. Arch. 1: 205. 1847.
Eugenia varians Miq., Anal. Bot. Ind. 1: 21. 1850, excl. syn. S. rugosum Korth.
Myrtus lepidocarpa Korth. ex Miq., Anal. Bot. Ind., op.cit. 20, in syn.
Syzygium coarctatum Blume ex Miq., Anal. Bot. Ind., l.c., in syn.
Syzygium myrtifolium Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 1: 456. 1855, non Roxb.
Jambosa bracteata Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., op.cit. 437.
Syzygium bracteatum Korth., l.c.
Eugenia zeylanica Wight forma parvifolia Gagnep. in Lec., l.c.-
Eugenia myrtifolia Miq., Anal. Bot. Ind., op.cit. 20, non Roxb.
Eugenia antiseptica sensu Ridl. in J. Bot. 68: 17. 1930, non Kuntze
Syzygium zeylanicum var. zeylanicum Kosterm. in Quat. J. Taiwan Mus. 34: 156. 1981.


Description : Tree to 15 m. Twigs angled, the bark pale brown or reddish brown. Leaves with petiole 1.1–7 mm, lamina 3.4–9.8 by 1.1–3.2 cm, ovate, lanceolate or elliptic, base broadly cuneate or rounded, apex acute or acuminate; midrib impressed on the upper surface, secondary veins 10–14 pairs, intramarginal vein 1. Inflorescence up to 3 cm, both terminal and axillary, cymose, several together; branches and branchlets angled or slightly winged. Flowers white, sessile. Hypanthial cup 5–6.5 mm, cylindrical funnel-shaped; pustulate. Pseudostipe 1–2 mm. Sepals 4–5, 0.6–1.5 mm. Petals 5, (1.4–) 2.1–2.8 mm, pseudo-calyptrate, orbicular, membranous, 30–50 gland dots per petal. Outer stamens (3.9–)8.4–11.7 mm; anther 0.4 mm, oblong. Style (4.2–)8.5–12.3 mm. Ovary 2-locular, 7–12 ovules per locule. Fruits whitish globose.


Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai; NORTH-EASTERN: Loei; EASTERN: Ubon Ratchathani (Kemmarat – type of Eugenia zeylanica var. parvifolia: Thorel s.n. -P); PENINSULAR: Chumphon, Ranong, Phangnga, Phuket, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Satun, Songkhla, Yala, Narathiwat.


Distribution : India, Sri Lanka (type), Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Malesia.


Ecology : Scattered, in peat swamp, mixed deciduous and evergreen forests, 0–75 m alt.


Vernacular : Wa ling (หว้าลิง)(Songkhla).


Uses: Occasionally used for small pieces of timber and for tools. Can be used as a vermifuge, antirheumatic and stimulant and in Malaysia it is reported that rubbing the plant over an elephant's chest makes it docile.


Notes: A variable species, especially with regard to leaf-shape and leaf-length, but its pustulate hypanthial cup is characteristic.


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