Myrtaceae FAMILY
Syzygium pluviatile
Syzygium pluviatile
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Syzygium pluviatile is a tree that can grow up to 40 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 15 metres, up to 100cm in diameter and is free of buttresses[ 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 wood, which is traded.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea.
HabitatA canopy tree, occasionally emergent, in dense, lowland rain forest, sometimes subject to seasonal inundation and sometimes on well-drained limestone ridges, at elevations up to 100 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. ].