Myrtaceae

Syzygium

Syzygium nervosum DC.

First published in Prodr. 3: 260 (1828)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
Publications
Other data

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Territory, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, Western Australia

Homotypic Synonyms

Cleistocalyx nervosus (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Kosterm. in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 29: 17 (1987 publ. 1989), nom. illeg.
Eugenia nervosa (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Bedd. in Fl. Sylv. S. India: cvi (1872), nom. illeg.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Calyptranthes costata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 3556 (1831), nom. nud.
Calyptranthes cuneata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 3557 (1831), nom. nud.
Calyptranthes grandis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 3554 (1831), nom. nud.
Calyptranthes makul Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 419 (1837)
Calyptranthes mangiferifolia Hance ex Walp. in Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 629 (1852)
Calyptranthes tatna Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 3555 (1831), nom. nud.
Calyptranthes zuzygium Blanco in Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 293 (1845), nom. illeg.
Cleistocalyx cerasoides (Roxb.) I.M.Turner in Gard. Bull. Singapore 57: 26 (2005)
Cleistocalyx cerasoides var. paniala (Roxb.) I.M.Turner in Gard. Bull. Singapore 57: 26 (2005)
Cleistocalyx nervosus var. paniala (Roxb.) J.Parn. & Chantaranothai in Novon 6: 201 (1996)
Cleistocalyx operculatus (Roxb.) Merr. & L.M.Perry in J. Arnold Arbor. 18: 337 (1937)
Cleistocalyx operculatus var. paniala (Roxb.) Chantar. & J.Parn. in Kew Bull. 48: 591 (1993)
Eugenia cerasoides Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 488 (1832)
Eugenia clausa C.B.Rob. in Philipp. J. Sci., C 4: 380 (1909)
Eugenia divaricatocymosa Hayata in Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 118 (1913)
Eugenia gigantea Ridl. in J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 45: 192 (1906)
Eugenia holtzeana F.Muell. in Syst. Census Austral. Pl., Suppl. 4: 3 (1889), orth. var.
Eugenia holtzei F.Muell. in Australas. J. Pharm. 1: 199 (1886)
Eugenia operculata Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 486 (1832)
Eugenia operculata var. cerasoides (Roxb.) Craib in Fl. Siam. 1: 654 (1931)
Eugenia operculata var. obovata Kurz in Forest Fl. Burma 1: 482 (1877)
Eugenia operculata var. paniala (Roxb.) King in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 70: 130 (1901)
Eugenia paniala Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 489 (1832)
Eugenia suavis Ridl. in J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 5: 160 (1915)
Syzygium cerasoides (Roxb.) Chatterjee & Kanjilal in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 55: 755 (1967)
Syzygium cerasoides Raizada in Indian Forester 93: 755 (1967), nom. illeg.
Syzygium nervosum var. obovatum (Kurz) A.Kumar in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 7: 664 (1985 publ. 1986)
Syzygium nervosum var. paniala (Roxb.) Craven & Biffin in Blumea 51: 138 (2006)
Syzygium nodosum Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 447 (1855)
Syzygium operculatum (Roxb.) Nied. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 85 (1893)
Syzygium operculatum var. obovatum (Kurz) Gamble in Fl. Madras 1: 481 (1919)
Syzygium polyanthum Thwaites in Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 116 (1859), nom. illeg.
Syzygium suave (Ridl.) Widodo in Reinwardtia 13: 237 (2012)
Syzygium wallichianum C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 500 (1845)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Myrtales

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Genus
Syzygium

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Syzygium nervosum

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Soh, W.K. & Parnell, J. (2015). A revision of Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae) in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam). Adansonia, sér. 3, 37: 179-275.
Tagane, S. & al. (2017). Bokor National Park. A picture guide of forest trees in Cambodia 4: 1-774. Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, Japan.
Tiwari, A.P., Khanna, K.K. & Dubey, P.C. (2019). Eleven angiosperms new for Madhaya Pradesh. The Indian Forester 145: 81-91.
Wiriadinata, H., Girmansyah, D., Hunter, J.M., Hoover, W.S. & Kartawinata, K. (2013). Floristic study of West Sumbawa, Indonesia. Reinwardtia 13: 391-404.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Cleistocalyx operculatus.]
Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Syzygium operculatum.]
Singh, V., Singh, P. & Dash, S.S. (eds.) (2021). Flora of India 9: 1-482. Botanical Survey of India. [Cited as Syzygium cerasoides.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

Singh, V., Singh, P. & Dash, S.S. (eds.) (2021). Flora of India 9: 1-482. Botanical Survey of India.
Tagane, S. & al. (2017). Bokor National Park. A picture guide of forest trees in Cambodia 4: 1-774. Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, Japan.
Tiwari, A.P., Khanna, K.K. & Dubey, P.C. (2019). Eleven angiosperms new for Madhaya Pradesh. The Indian Forester 145: 81-91.
Wiriadinata, H., Girmansyah, D., Hunter, J.M., Hoover, W.S. & Kartawinata, K. (2013). Floristic study of West Sumbawa, Indonesia. Reinwardtia 13: 391-404.
Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

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IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
Jun 1, 2006	Middleton, D.J. [709] Brunei		K000276147		Yes
	Cowie, I.D.; Wirf, B. [14105] Australia		K001589264		Yes
	Cowie, I.D.; Low, Y.W. [14338] Australia		K001589233		Yes
	Yii, P.C.; Mohizah [S. 71473] Malaysia		K001604691		Yes
	s.coll. [Cat. no. 3551]		K001119700	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Robinson, H.C. [5730] Thailand		K000800077	Holotype	Yes
	s.coll. [Cat. no. 3551]		K001119699	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	s.coll. [Cat. no. 3551]		K001119698	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Oct 2, 1947	s.coll. [3557] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000800480	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Sadau, F. [49790] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304868		Yes
	Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [27562] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304870		Yes
	Mooney, H.F. [2472] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359636		Yes
	Mooney, H.F. [1007] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359634		Yes
	Dr King's Collector [162]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359663		Yes
	Ambri; Arifin [W360] Indonesia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304859		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359617		Yes
	Ridley, H.N. [81] Christmas Island	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000800478	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Lei, C.I. [697] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359597		Yes
	Kanai, H.; Murata, G.; Tuyama, T. [s.n.] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359625		Yes
	Henderson, M.R. [21803] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359682		No
	J.D.H. [[S7325]] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359627		Yes
	Mooney, H.F. [1007] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359635		Yes
	J.D.H. [[S7335]] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359628		Yes
	Cramer, L.H. [4171] Sri Lanka	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359669		Yes
	Hu, S.Y. [5937] Hong Kong	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359613		Yes
	Hu, S.Y.; But, P. [23445] Hong Kong	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359608		Yes
	Wallich, N. [3552] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000800482	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	[Dr Cleghorn] [s.n.]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359656		Yes
	Mooney, H.F. [1007] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359633		Yes
	Dr King's Collector [152] Bangladesh	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359616		Yes
	Chan, K.Y. [1498] Hong Kong	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359609		Yes
	Edgeworth, M.P. [56] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359621		Yes
	Beccari, O. [3943] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304861		Yes
	Waas, S. [665] Sri Lanka	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359674		Yes
	s.coll. [484] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359620		Yes
	Mooney, H.F. [2472] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359637		Yes
	Chan, Y.C. [FRI021748] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359681		Yes
	Miquel, F.A.W. [s.n.] Indonesia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000800475	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Tsang, W.T. [343] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359596		Yes
	Ridley, H.N. [81] Christmas Island	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000800477	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Yap, J.W. [FRI88137] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359677		Yes
	Rich, H.H. [46]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359622		Yes
	Ahmad [99399] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359680		Yes
	Morse, H.B. [625] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359604		Yes
	Tirvengadum, D.D.; Cramer, L.H.; Balasubramanium, S. [161] Sri Lanka	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359671		Yes
	Kloss, C.B. [s.n.] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304856		Yes
	s.coll. [1444] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359676		Yes
	s.coll. [[173/BS]]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K004031061		Yes
	Clarke, C.B. [11[6]55D] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359629		Yes
	Holttum, R.E. [s.n.] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359679		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359618		Yes
	Griffith [s.n.] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359662		Yes
	McLelland [s.n.] Burma	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359653		Yes
	Ying, T. [2721] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359594		Yes
	Mooney, H.F. [447] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359651		Yes
	Champion [408] Hong Kong	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359602		Yes
	Mooney, H.F. [415] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359649		Yes
	Cooray, R.G. [69080104R] Sri Lanka	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359672		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359643		Yes
	Keenan, R.L. [s.n.] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359666		Yes
	Lei, C.I. [918] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359599		Yes
	Spare, G. [s.n.] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359678		Yes
	Purseglove, J.W. [P4694] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304862		Yes
	Motley, J. [213] Indonesia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304857		Yes
	s.coll. [4783] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359644		Yes
	Wallich [[3557a]]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359655		Yes
	[McClelland] [s.n.] Burma	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359654		Yes
	How, F.C. [71120] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359600		Yes
	Kostermans [23136] Sri Lanka	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359668		Yes
	Sidiyasa; Tantra; Kessler [819] Indonesia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304860		Yes
	Morse, H.B. [625] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359603		Yes
	Gamble, J.S. [9026] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359640		Yes
	s.coll. [[2413]] Burma	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359652		Yes
	Henderson, M.R. [s.n.] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359684		Yes
	Cheng, T.C. [CCC13885] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359595		Yes
	Haviland, G.D. [2845] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304883		Yes
	Kuswata; Soepadmo [113]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359716		Yes
	Waas, S. [1195] Sri Lanka	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359670		Yes
	s.coll. [484] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359619		Yes
	Mooney, H.F. [415] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359648		Yes
	Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [30478] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304865		Yes
	Amin; Suin [SAN121644] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000257957		Yes
	Hu, S.Y.; Kong, Y.C. [009] Hong Kong	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359601		Yes
	[BVL] [s.n.]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359665		Yes
	Goklin, T. [2105]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304863		Yes
	Haines, H.H. [148] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359638		Yes
	Gamble, J.S. [17078] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359657		Yes
	Lau, S.K. [78] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359593		Yes
	Wood, J.J. [150] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359641		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359660		Yes
	Sumbing; Asik [SAN125613] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304869		Yes
	Dr. Wallich [s.n.] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359661		Yes
	Liang, H.Y. [61722] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359590		Yes
	Clarke, C.B. [[14085C]] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359642		Yes
	Tsang, W.T. [7] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359592		Yes
	s.coll. [451] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359659		Yes
	Henry, A. (Dr.) [8646] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359598		Yes
	Mooney, H.F. [415] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359647		Yes
	Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B. [1588] Sri Lanka	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359673		Yes
	Mooney, H.F. [447] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359650		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000800476	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Sampson, T. [s.n.] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359605		Yes
	Hallier, H. [1684] Indonesia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304858		Yes
	Thompson, R. [s.n.]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359623		Yes
	Haines, H.H. [527] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359646		Yes
	Lajangah, J.K. [44668] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304867		Yes
	Hu, S.Y. [10448] Hong Kong	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359612		Yes
	Inayat [21675/b]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359624		Yes
	Haines, H.H. [662] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359639		Yes
	Wang, Y.K. [3189] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359586		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359615		Yes
	Gamble, J.S. [2074A] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359632		Yes
	Masters [2402] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359658		Yes
	Tsang, W.T. [26778] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359589		Yes
	[S. Waas Jr.] [272]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359675		Yes
	Dr King's Collector [s.n.]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359664		Yes
	J.D.H. [[S4335]] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359626		Yes
	Henderson, M.R. [s.n.] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359683		Yes
	Gamble, J.S. [2075] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359631		Yes
	Hu, S.Y. [10448] Hong Kong	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359611		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359614		Yes
	Clemens, M.S. [10101] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304871		Yes
	Tsang, W.T. [166] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359588		Yes
	Millett [s.n.] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359591		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359667		Yes
	Livingstone [s.n.] China	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359587		Yes
	Clarke, C.B. [16417D] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359630		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] India	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359645		Yes
	Shea, G.; Aban [San77105] Malaysia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304866		Yes
	Kostermans, A. [53] Indonesia	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000304616		Yes
	Guile, D.P.M. [2974] Hong Kong	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K003359610		Yes
	s.coll. [3551]	Cleistocalyx operculatus	K000800481	Unknown Type Material	Yes

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Syzygium nervosum DC.

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Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Syzygium nervosum DC.

Distribution

Native to:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

Kew Backbone Distributions

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index External Link

Herbarium Catalogue (132 records)

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

IUCN Categories

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index