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Syzygium zeylanicum
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Syzygium zeylanicum

Syzygium zeylanicum

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Syzygium zeylanicum is an evergreen tree that can grow 12 - 20 metres tall. The bole is up to 40cm in diameter[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 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 dye and as a source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - Madagascar; E. Asia - China, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.
HabitatForests or woodland margins in southern China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Peat swamps, mixed deciduous and evergreen forests at elevations up to 75 metres in Thailand[ 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. ].