Myrtaceae FAMILY

Syzygium amplum

Edibility

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Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Syzygium amplum is a tree that usually grows up to 15 metres tall, occasionally reaching 20 metres. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 5 metres, exceptionally to 12 metres, up to 40cm in diameter and without buttresses[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for its wood, which is traded[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea to northern Australia (Queensland).

HabitatA sub-canopy tree in lowland rain forest and montane rain and oak forests at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 911 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 54 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Massachusets Year 1973 ISBN 0004-2625 Description A botanical magazine, it includes a provisional key and enumeration of the genus Syzygium in New Guinea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].