Myrtaceae FAMILY

Syzygium antisepticum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Syzygium antisepticum is an evergreen tree growing 25 - 40 metres tall. The bole can be free of branches for up to 10 metres and up to 80cm in diameter[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a source of tannins and wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - northeast India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatLowland forest, often on river banks or near the coast[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. A mid-canopy tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp, coastal and sub-montane forests at elevations up to 1,800 metres[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ]. Found on hillsides and ridges with sandy soils[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ].