
Myrtaceae FAMILY
Syzygium alternifolium
Syzygium alternifolium
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—
Not known
Propagation
Seed - best sown as soon as it is fresh[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Syzygium+alternifolium>
Pollinators
Bees, Insects
References
- [1]Non-Wood News; An information bulletin on Non-Wood Forest Products No. 11 — 2004 · http://www.fao.org/forestry/nwfp/en/ · ISBN 1020-3435 ↩︎A newsletter containing various short articles on the uses of plants in the forest other than wood. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [2]A Manual of Indian Timbers. — Gamble. J. S. · Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh · 1972 · ISBN - ↩︎First written in the 19th century, but still a classic, giving a lot of information on the uses and habitats of Indian trees. Not for the casual reader.
- [3]Tropix 7 — CIRAD · http://tropix.cirad.fr/en ↩︎An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees.