Myrtaceae FAMILY

Syzygium syzygioides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Syzygium syzygioides is an evergreen shrub or a tree that can grow up to 30 metres tall. The bole can be up to 85cm in diameter, either with flutes at the base, or with short buttresses up to 1.5 metres high[ 443 Title Biotik, Laos Publication Author Website http://biotik.org/species_list_laos.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on more than 100 species of Laotian trees. , 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. , 913 Title Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) No. 21 Publication Author Publisher The Forest Herbarium; Bangkok. Year 1994 ISBN 0495-3843 Description An annual bulletin devoted to plant nomenclature, especially the plants of Thailand. This issue deals specifically with the Myrtaceae of Thailand. It can be downloaded as a PDF from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of tannins and wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Bangldesh, northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatStreamsides, dense rain forests and the more open, secondary formations, beaches[ 913 Title Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) No. 21 Publication Author Publisher The Forest Herbarium; Bangkok. Year 1994 ISBN 0495-3843 Description An annual bulletin devoted to plant nomenclature, especially the plants of Thailand. This issue deals specifically with the Myrtaceae of Thailand. It can be downloaded as a PDF from the Internet. ].