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Melaleuca cajuputi
gelam, kayu putih
Tenasserim to Maluku. Tall tree with narrow crown, often twisted
trunk. White bark, fissured and papery-flaky in elongated shaggy
pieces, used for caulking. Young leaves silky. Common in coastal
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Rhodomyrtus tomentosa
kemunting
SE Asia, common Malaya, esp. in open sandy ground. Sweet edible fruit.
Leaves opposite with 3 distinctive longitudinal veins, underside thinly
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Syzigium aromaticum
cingkeh, clove
Traditionally added to cigarettes (kretek) and food for fragrance.
Shoots and leaves chewed for bad breath and to relieve toothache.
Sun dried flower buds are the cloves of commerce. |
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Syzygium bonsai
Hybrid? |
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Syzygium campanulatum
kelat, jambu
Not listed in Tree Flora of Malaya; possibly a recently described species.
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  Syzygium chlorantha
kelat merah
Annam, Siam, Sumatra, Borneo. Lowland and hill
forests from Kedah to Singapore. Flowers green
white with red stamens, fruit sub-globular, to
2cm, green flushed rose purple. 2 from TH 11/09.
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Syzygium claviflora
jambu arang, kelat
merah
Family: leaves opposite, elliptic or oblong, usually pointed, shortly
stalked with distinct marginal veins. Flowers fluffy with stamens.
1,000 species in the tropics, 150 in Malaysia. Largest genus in Malaya
in species & individuals. This sp. leaves wither scarlet. |
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Syzygium cumingiana
kelat
Assam, Burma, Siam, S China, Malesia to
Solomon Is. Medium tree to 20m, white flowers,
fruit depressed globose, white ripening blue
black. Single seed. 2 from TH 11/09. |
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Syzygium grandis
jambu laut
Malaya, Siam, Borneo. Common on rocky and sandy coasts, never wild
inland, but now commonly planted. Large broadly elliptic leaves with
distinct down turned tip. Fruit oblong with green leathery rind, but
edible. Thick bark can stand lalang fires.
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Syzygium malaccense
jambu bol
Origin uncertain cultivated. Up to 18m., very large leaf blade, large
crimson flowers, pear shaped variegated crimson/white tasteless fruit. |
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Syzygium microcalyx
kelat
Endemic, from Penang to Singapore, west of
ranges. Not uncommon. Leaf margin curls
inwards. Flowers yellow white, fruit waxy white
tinged red, globose, 5mm. Single seed.
2 from TH 11/09. |
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Syzygium pseudosubtilis
kerian
Thailand, Malaya Sumatra, common in swampy forests and near padi fields.
Up to 80 ft., flowers 1/4", green, red after opening with strange
sour fragrance. Green fruit ripens through red to black, sweet and
juicy. |
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Syzygium pyrifolia
kelat
Siam, Malaya, Borneo. Common from Kedah to
Singapore. Tree to 18m, grey brown bark, smooth
to cracking. Fragrant flowers, calyx tapered to
base with a constriction the middle. Very close to
S. longiflora. 2 from TH 11/09. |
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Syzygium zeylanica syn S. spicata
gelam tikus
India, China, Malesia. Shrub to 18m, common
from Kedah & Trengganu to Singapore, by sea
and rivers. Flowers white sessile, terminal; white
fruit oblong globose, 6mm, sweet periocarp. 2
from TH 11/09. |
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Syzygium sp.
kelat, jambu
Unidentified sp from peat swamps of Pekan.
4 from Elango 6/08. |
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Tristaniopsis merguensis
pelawan, pahlawan, keruntum
From Mergu, Burma. Widely distributed from
rocky coasts to mountains. Bark orange to grey,
peels like Eucalyptus in spiraled scrolls. Yellow
flowers in compact clusters. 1 from TH 11/09. |
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Tristaniopsis obovata
pelawan
Malaya, Rhiau, Sarawak. On rocky headlands from P.D. to Singapore
& along east coast of Johor. Characteristic peeling bark, twigs
with smooth blood red bark. |
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Tristaniopsis sumatrana
pelawan, seluncur
W. Malesia. Common riverside tree up to 25m. often arching over water.
Saplings have grey bark eventually peeling to reveal smooth orange
trunk, glossy green crown. Leaf blade distinctly tipped, tapered to
1cm. stalk. |
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