Record Number
4584
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(2): Timber trees; Minor commercial timbers
Taxon
Syzygium antisepticum (Blume) Merr. & Perry
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Syzygium in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Syzygium in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Protologue
Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 18: 159 (1939).
Synonyms
Eugenia cuprea Koord. & Valeton (1900), Eugenia spicata Koord. & Valeton (1900) non Lamk.
Vernacular Names
Indonesia: gelam buut, ki tambaga, pancal kidang (Java).
Distribution
Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
Uses
The timber is occasionally used for building houses. The bark has been used for dyeing black.
Observations
A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 40 m tall, bole columnar, up to 100 cm in diameter, bark surface copper-red and flaky; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3—8 cm 1—4 cm, with rather closely spaced (2—4 mm) secondary veins, petiole 3—4 mm long; flowers in axillary or terminal inflorescences, whitish, calyx c. 6 mm long with tube prolonged beyond ovary and 5(—6) subequal lobes; fruit globose, c. 10 mm in diameter, whitish. Syzygium antisepticum occurs in rain forest up to 1700 m altitude. The wood is hard, durable and pinkish-brown to reddish-brown. The density is 860—940 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
Selected Sources
[36]Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C., 1963–1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen.
[234]Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlands-Indid [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd edition, 3 volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch-Indid, 's-Gravenhage. 1953 pp.
[303]Koorders, S.H. & Valeton, T., 1894–1915. Bijdrage tot de kennis der boomsoorten van Java [Contribution to the knowledge of the tree species of Java]. 13 parts. G. Kolff & Co., Batavia, 's-Gravenhage.
[429]Merrill, E.D. & Perry, L.M., 1939. The Myrtaceous genus Syzygium Gaertner in Borneo. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 18: 135–202.
[474]Oey Djoen Seng, 1951. Perbandingan berat dari jenis-jenis kaju Indonesia dan pengartian beratnja kaju untuk keperluan praktek [Specific gravity of Indonesian woods and its significance for practical use]. Laporan No 46. Balai Penjelidikan Kehutanan, Bogor. 183 pp.
[234]Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlands-Indid [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd edition, 3 volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch-Indid, 's-Gravenhage. 1953 pp.
[303]Koorders, S.H. & Valeton, T., 1894–1915. Bijdrage tot de kennis der boomsoorten van Java [Contribution to the knowledge of the tree species of Java]. 13 parts. G. Kolff & Co., Batavia, 's-Gravenhage.
[429]Merrill, E.D. & Perry, L.M., 1939. The Myrtaceous genus Syzygium Gaertner in Borneo. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 18: 135–202.
[474]Oey Djoen Seng, 1951. Perbandingan berat dari jenis-jenis kaju Indonesia dan pengartian beratnja kaju untuk keperluan praktek [Specific gravity of Indonesian woods and its significance for practical use]. Laporan No 46. Balai Penjelidikan Kehutanan, Bogor. 183 pp.
Author(s)
R.H.M.J. Lemmens
Correct Citation of this Article
Lemmens, R.H.M.J., 1995. Syzygium antisepticum (Blume) Merr. & Perry. In: Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Soerianegara, I. and Wong, W.C. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(2): Timber trees; Minor commercial timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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