Syzygium calophyllifolium (Wight) Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 180 1843. (Syn: Eugenia calophyllifolia Wight); Malayalam: Neerodam Western_Ghats and Sri Lanka; in the Western_Ghats- Agasthyamalai hills, Nilgiri and Palakkad hills as per Biotik; Please help me to identify this short tree found in the montane forests of Nilgiris. This tree is more dominant in the upper Nilgiris (Shola forests). Is this a Syzygium sp.? Tree: 2.5 metres high Leaf: 4 x 2.5 cm Flower: 1 cm across Date: 25 Oct 2012 Place: Western Catchment, Nilgiris, TN Alt.: 2300 m asl If it is Syzygium, then as far as I can understand, it is Syzygium revolutum subsp. cyclophyllum (Alston) P.S.Ashton Syzygium calophyllifolium Walp. Many thanks …, This tree is Syzygium calophyllifolium Walp. for sure.
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: December 11- 24,2014 SN 06 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Syzygium Calophyllifolium Walp. an high altitude tree found from Doddabetta peak of Nilgiri Hills, tamilnadu
References: http://www.biotik.org/india/species/s/syzycalo/syzycalo_en.html (Author citation different from the Plant List) |
Syzygium calophyllifolium
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