Syzygium balsameum (Wight) Walp.

Soh, Wuu-Kuang & Parnell, John, 2015, A revision of Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae) in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam), Adansonia 37 (2), pp. 179-275 : 201-202

10. Syzygium balsameum (Wight) Walp.

Repertorium Botanices Systematicae 2: 179 (1843); Merr. & L.M.Perry, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 19: 108 (1938); P.H.Hô, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam (Câyco Viêtnam) 2: 46, fig. 3724 (1992) [as Syzygium balsamineum (Wight) Walp. ]; K.D.Nguyen, ( Myrtaceae ) Checklist of Plant Species of Vietnam 2: 901 (2003). — [ Syzygium balsameum Wall., Wallich Numer. List 3592 (1831) (K-W!, E!) nom. nud.]. — Eugenia balsamea Wight, Illustrations of Indian Botany 2: 16 (1841); Gagnep. in Lecomte, Flore générale de l’Indochine 2: 819 (1920). — Syzygium balsameum Wall. ex A.M. & J.M.Cowan, The Trees of Northern Bengal, 68 (1929), nom. superfl. — Type:Calcutta Botanical Garden introduced from Sillet, Anon. s.n. (possibly Griffith), with the annotation ‘ Syzygium balsameum Wall. herb.Cat.3592… H[ortus] B[otanicus] C[alcuttensis], Intr. e Silhet’, in Herb. Hooker (lecto-, K![K000821365], here designated; isolecto- M![M0137263]).(fide Noltie [2005: 347]) (see Note 1). Eugenia balsamea var. angustifolia Duthie in Hooker, Flora of British India 2: 499 (1879). — Type: India, Assam, Mt. Khasia, 2000 ft., J.D. Hooker & T. Thomson 10 in Herb. Hooker (holo-, K!; iso-, M!). [ Memycylon floribundun Wall., Wallich Numer. List 4113 (1831) (K-W!, BM!), nom. nud.].

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vietnam. Ha Tay: Mt. Ba Vi, Muongs village , 26.XI.1887, Balansa 2878 ( K, P); Thu Phap, 22.XI.1888, Balansa 2896 ( K, L, P). — Tuyen Quang: I.1931, Anon. 7 (P) .

DISTRIBUTION. — India, Bangladesh, South China (Yunnan), Burma, Thailand, Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia ( Fig. 8 ). Possibly not yet collected in Cambodia and Laos.

ECOLOGY OR HABITAT. — Primary forest.

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

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

VERNACULAR NAME. — Tram dau ( Vietnam).

DESCRIPTION

Tree to 6 m tall. Glabrous.

Figures

FIG. 8. — Distribution of Syzygium attopeuense (Gagnep.) Merr.& L.M.Perry (), Syzygium balsameum Walp. (), Syzygium boisianum (Gagnep.) Merr. & L.M.Perry () and Syzygium bokorense W.K.Soh & J.Parn. () in Indochina.