Myrtaceae
Syzygium

Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Walp.

First published in Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 180 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indo-China to W. & Central Malesia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Beaman, J.H. & Anderson, C. (2004). The Plants of Mount Kinabalu 5: 1-609. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • National Parks Board Singapore (2006). Vascular Plant Life Checklist Pulau Ubin www.nparks.gov.sg/nparks_cms/cms/cmsmgr/data/6/PlantChkList.xls.
  • Soh, W.K. & Parnell, J. (2015). A revision of Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae) in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam). Adansonia, sér. 3, 37: 179-275.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Soh, W.K. & Parnell, J. (2015). A revision of Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae) in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam). Adansonia, sér. 3, 37: 179-275.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 27, 2009 Nguyen, V.D., et al. [HNK 1824(TU 623)] Vietnam K000565414 Yes
Apr 1, 2009 Kusen, A. [csc 3175] Malaya K000565392 Yes
Apr 1, 2009 Samad, A. [FRI 40367] Malaya K000565404 Yes
Mar 30, 2009 Kamarudin, S. [FRI 31437] Malaya K000565333 Yes
Feb 1, 2009 Boyce, P.; et al. [FFI PA 118] Cambodia K000565231 Yes
Jun 1, 2006 Sidiyasa, K. [2557] Indonesia K000276144 Yes
Aug 31, 2004 Azmi, R., et al. [581] Malaysia K000171796 Yes
Aug 31, 2004 Niyomdham, C. [6496] Thailand K000171775 Yes
Aug 31, 2004 Christensen, H. [1068] Malaysia K000171797 Yes
Aug 31, 2004 Julaihi et al. [76996] Malaysia K000171795 Yes
Jul 28, 2004 Amin Sigun, A. [126364] Malaysia K000171120 Yes
Jul 28, 2004 Laman, T.G., et al. [920] Indonesia K000171121 Yes
Jul 28, 2004 Kalat, A. [17271] Brunei K000171118 Yes
Jul 28, 2004 Christensen, H. [1014] Malaysia K000171117 Yes
Jul 28, 2004 Christensen, H. [270] Malaysia K000171116 Yes
Jul 28, 2004 Mahyar, U.W. [894] Indonesia K000171115 Yes
Jul 28, 2004 McDonald; Ismail [4917] Indonesia K000171119 Yes
Jul 28, 2004 Burley, J.S., et al. [2542] Indonesia K000171114 Yes
Cuming, H. [1308] Philippines K000800325 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [2532] Malaysia K000786978 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K000800086 Unknown Type Material Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.] Burma K000821454 Type Yes
Griffith, W. [2394] Burma K000821453 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [13047] Philippines K000800326 Unknown Type Material Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.] Burma K000821455 Isotype Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.] Burma K000821456 Isotype Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] K000821426 Unknown Type Material Yes
Miquel, F.A.W. [s.n.] Indonesia K000800085 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kiah, M.S. [32413] Malaysia Syzygium polyanthum var. sessile K000786977 Isotype Yes
Sep 4, 1978 Cadet, T. [1293] Reunion Syzygium cymosum K000948984 No
Wallich, N. [2591] India Syzygium cymosum K000793910 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [3582] Burma Syzygium cymosum K000793912 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0