Syzygium fastigiatum (Bl.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

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24. Syzygium fastigiatum (Bl.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 18: 152

(1939); K.D.Nguyen, ( Myrtaceae ) Checklist of Plant Species of Vietnam

2: 904 (2003); M.F.Newman et al., A Checklist of the Vascular Plants

of Lao PDR: 245 (2007). — Calyptranthes fastigiata Bl., Bijdragen tot

de Flora van Nederlandsch-Indië 17: 1090 (1826). — Caryophyllus

fastigiatus (Bl.) DC., Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis

3: 262 (1828); Miq., Flora van Nederlandsch Indië 1: 465 (1855). —

Eugenia fastigiata (Bl.) Koord. & Valeton, Mededeelingen uit’s Lands

Plantentuin 40: 104 (1900). — Type: Sin. loc. [Java], annotation by

Blume ‘ Calyptranthes fastigiata, 2188 /a, 1826’, Blume s.n. (holo-,

L![sheet no. 908.146-1771]).

Calyptranthus floribunda Bl., Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch- Indië: 1091 (1826). — Caryophyllus floribundus (Bl.) DC. , Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 262 (1828). — Eugenia confertiflora Koord. & Valeton, Mededeelingen uit’s Lands Plantentuin 40: 106 (1900), nom. nov., nom. illeg. non A. Gray (1854). — Type: Indonesia, Java, Blume s.n. (holo-, L![L0009426]).

Eugenia bracteolata Wight, Illustrations of Indian Botany 2: 15 (1841) [bractiolata], in Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 2: t. 531 (1843); Gagnep. in Lecomte, Flore générale de l’Indochine 2: 815 (1920). — Acmena bracteolata (Wight) Walp., Repertorium Botanices Systematicae 2: 181 (1843). — Syzygium bracteolatum (Wight) Masam., Enumeratio Phanerogamarum Bornearum : 524 (1942), nom. illeg.; P.H.Hô, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam (Câyco Viêtnam) 2: 47, fig. 3728 (1992). — Type: Burma, Mergui, Anon. s.n. (presumely by Griffith) (holo-, K![Herb. R. Wight., Prop. ‘ Myrtaceae, Feb. 1835 ’, annotated by Wight. E.A. bracteolate RWIll]; iso-, K![Herb. Hooker, ‘Mergui Griffith’ annotated by Hooker]) (fide Noltie [2005: 357]).

Eugenia sablanensis Elmer, Leaflets of Philippine Botany 1: 328 (1908). — Type: Philippines, Luzon , Benguety Province , Boguis, III.1907, Elmer 8879 (holo-, PNH†; iso-, A n.v. [69776], K!, NY!).

Eugenia bibracteata Greves , Journal of Botany , British and Foreign 61, suppl.: 18 (1923). — Syzygium bibracteatum (Greves) Merr. & L.M.Perry , Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 23: 249 (1942). — Type: New Guinea, Sogere , Mt. Wori wori, Greves 729, (holo-, K!; iso-, A![69584], BM!, E!, G!).

Eugenia elmeri Merr. , Plantae Elmerianae Borneenses , University of California Publications in Botany 15: 218 (1929). — Syzygium elmeri (Merr.) Masam., Enumeratio Phanerogamarum Bornearum : 528 (1942). — Type: Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, near Tawau, Elphinstone province , X.1922 to III.1923, Elmer 21448 ( PNH †; iso-, BR!, CAS!, GH n.v., K!, L!, M!, MICH!, NY!, P n. v. [P05322288], PH!, S!, US!) .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Thailand. Narathiwat: Sungai

Kolok, 28.II.1974, K. & S.S. Larsen BKF 70849 ( BKF). — Surah

Thani: II.1930, Kerr 18155 ( TCD) .

Vietnam. Cochinchina: Pierre s.n. ( K, P) . — Dong Nai: Bien Hoa , III.1877, Pierre s.n. (P) . — Lam Dong: Bao Loc, Schmid s.n. (P) . — Kon Tum: Phuong 1231 ( HN) .

DISTRIBUTION. — Widespread from India, China, Southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea. In Indochina found in Vietnam and probably in Cambodia and Laos but not yet collected there ( Fig. 18 ).

ECOLOGY OR HABITAT. — In primary forest.

CONSERVATION STATUS. — IUCN Global Status: Least Concern ( LC); IUCN Regional (Indochina) Status: Data Deficient ( DD).

PHENOLOGY. — Flowering: March. Fruiting: not documented.

VERNACULAR NAME. — Tram tieu diep ( Vietnam).

USES. — The wood is used for house building and light construction ( Lemmens et al. 1995).

DESCRIPTION

Tree to 20 m tall, 45 cm dbh. Bark unknown; slash bark unknown. Glabrous.

Figures

FIG. 18. — Distribution of Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels (), Syzygium diospyrifolium (Wall. ex Duthie) S.N.Mitra () and Syzygium fastigiatum (Blume) Merr.& L.M.Perry () in Indochina.