Syzygium praecox (Roxb.) Rathkr. & N.C. Nair

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44. Syzygium praecox (Roxb.) Rathkr. & N.C. Nair

Journal of Economic andTaxonomic Botany 4: 288. 1983. — Eugenia

praecox Roxb., Flora indica 2 [ed. 2, ed. W. Carey]: 488 (1832). —

Strongylocalyx praecox (Roxb.) Blume , Museum Botanicum Lugduno-

Batavum 1: 89 (1850). — Jambosa praecox (Roxb.) A.M.Cowan &

Cowan, The Trees of Northern Bengal: 67 (1929). — Syzygium prae-

coxum (Roxb.) Harid. & R.R. Rao, Forest Flora of Meghalaya : 401,

fig. 25 (1985), nom. illeg. — Type: Icones Roxburghianae no. 2500

(lecto-, K!, here designated; isolecto-, CAL n.v.).

Eugenia lanceifolia Roxb. , Flora indica 2 [ed. 2, ed. W. Carey]: 494 (1832). — Strongylocalyx lanceifolius (Roxb.) Blume , Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum 1: 89 (1850). — Syzygium roxburghianum Raizada , The Indian Forester 74: 336 (1948). — Type: Icones Roxburghianae no. 2261 (lecto-, K!, here designated; isolecto-, CAL n.v.).

Eugenia wallichii Wight, Illustrations of Indian Botany 2: 17 (1841), in Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 2: t. 536 (1842). — Syzygium wallichii (Wight) Walp., Repertorium Botanices Systematicae 2: 180 (1843). — Type: Bangladesh, Silhet, F. de Silva s.n. in Wallich Numer. List 3606 (1831) (lecto-, K-W!, here designated; isolecto-, E![3 sheets], P!).

Syzygium cathayense Merr. & L.M.Perry , Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 19: 232 (1938). — Type: China, Kwangtung, Fang Cheng, Wu 104 (S.Y. U 67797) (holo-, SYS n.v.; iso-, A![frag., A00071308]), syn. nov. (see Note).

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vietnam. Lam Dong: Schmid s.n. (P) . — Ninh Binh: Nho Quan, Cuc Phuong National Park , 13.III.1971, Anon. D 132 ( CPNP) ; idem, 15.III.1971, K. Dao D 02 ( HN) . — Quang Ninh: Tien Yen, Kau Nga Shan and vicinity, 9.I.1937, W.T.Tsang 27481 (E, K, P) ; Tien Yen, Ho Yung Shan and vicinity, 13.X.1940, W.T.Tsang 30757 (A, E, K, L, P) . — Quang Tri: Vinh Linh , 6.XII.2003, N.Q.Binh & D.D.Cuong VN 1236 ( HN) . — Yen Bai: Tram Tau , 9.III.2001, N.Q.Binh, D.D.Cuong & Schnitzler VN 816 ( HN) .

DISTRIBUTION. — Widespread from Nepal to Indochina and South China (Guangdong and Yunnan) ( Fig. 36 ).

ECOLOGY OR HABITAT. — Secondary forest.

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

PHENOLOGY. — Flowering: October, November, December, January. Fruiting: not documented.

DESCRIPTION

Tree to 9 m tall. Glabrous.

Figures

FIG. 36. — Distribution of Syzygium praecox (Roxb.) Rathkr. & N.C. (), Syzygium ripicola (Craib) Merr.& L.M.Perry (), Syzygium siamense (Craib) P.Chan- tar. & J.Parn. () and Syzygium sterrophyllum Merr. & L.M.Perry () in Indochina.