Myrtaceae FAMILY

Syzygium acutangulum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Syzygium acutangulum is a tree the can grow 20 - 40 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for around half the height of the tree, up to 60cm in diameter, and with buttresses up to 1.5 metres high[ 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 timber, which is used locally and also 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, Bismarck Archipelago to the Solomon Islands.

HabitatA canopy tree in lowland and foothill rain forests, at elevations up to 1,000 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. ].