Syzygium hemisphericum (Wight) Alston

Soh, Wuu-Kuang & Parnell, John, 2015, A revision of Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae) in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam), Adansonia 37 (2), pp. 179-275 : 232-235

30. Syzygium hemisphericum (Wight) Alston

In Trimen, A Revised Hand-Book to the Flora of Ceylon 6, suppl. (1931) 115. — Eugenia hemispherica Wight, Illustrations of Indian Botany 2: 14 (1841); Wight, Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 2: t. 525 (1843). — Jambosa hemisphaerica (Wight) Walp., Repertorium Botanices Systematicae 2: 191 (1843). — Strongylocalyx hemisphaericus (Wight) Blume , Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavorum 1: 89 (1850). — Type: Sri Lanka, Moray Estate, Maskeliya, garden of Superintendant’s Bungalow, XII, Kostermans 27242, (neo-, L![sheet no. 457086], here designated; iso-, PDA n.v.) (see Note 1).

Eugenia chanlos Gagnep., Notulae Systematicae (Paris) 3: 320 (1917). —

Syzygium chanlos (Gagnep.) Merr. & L.M.Perry , Journal of the

Arnold Arboretum 19: 109 (1938); P.H.Hô, An Illustrated Flora of

Vietnam (Câyco Viêtnam) 2: 49, fig. 3732 (1992); K.D.Nguyen,

( Myrtaceae ) Checklist of Plant Species of Vietnam 2: 902 (2003). —

Type: Vietnam [Cochinchina], Dong Nai, Mt. Dinh , fl., III.1867 ,

Pierre s.n., (lecto-, P![P00589354] with a drawing by Delpy dated

I.1900 attached; isolecto-, P!). — Remaining former syntypes:

Cambodia, Kampong Chhnang, fl., 16.IV.1909, Magnien, Gour-

gand & Châtillon s.n. (P![P00589290]); Vietnam [ Cochinchina],

Mu-xoai, fl., III.1867, tree 12-18 m, 300m alt., Pierre s.n. (P!, 3

sheets); Vietnam [Cochinchina], Dong Nai, Mt. Dinh , V.1866 ,

fl, Pierre s.n. (P![2 sheets]), syn. nov. (see Note 2). ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Cambodia. Kampong Chhnang: Béjaud 567 (P). — Kampong Thum: Prasat Sambour , 27.V.2001, K.Eanghourt & M.Monyrak 859 ( K). — Siem Reap: Angkor Thom, VI.1909, d’Alleizette s.n. (L); Banteay Srei, Khnar Sanday, 26.IV.1924, Dy Phon 509 (P). Laos. Khammouan: Nakai, 23.V.2006, Nanthavong, K. & Ridsdale BT 489 (E). Sri Lanka. Deltota, V.1856, C.P. 2450 ( BM); Botanical Garden Peradeniya, VII, Kostermans 277732 & 277733 (L); Botanical Garden Peradeniya, IV, Kostermans 27504 (L); Kandy district , Moray Estate, Maskeliya, XII, Kostermans 27242 (L); idem, 22.XI.1974, Davidse et al. 8679 (L). Vietnam. Cochinchina: Pierre s.n. (A, P). — Da Nang: Tourane and vicinity, V.1927, J. & M.S. Clemens 4155 ( K). — Dac Lak: Krong No, 9.IV.1954, Schmid s.n. (P). — Thua Thien-Hue: Mt. Bach Ma , 16.VI.1944, Vidal 796 A (P). DISTRIBUTION. — India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam ( Fig. 27 ). ECOLOGY OR HABITAT. — Primary and secondary forest,to 300-600 m alt. CONSERVATION STATUS. — IUCN Global Status: Least Concern ( LC); IUCN Regional (Indochina) Status: Least Concern ( LC). PHENOLOGY. — Flowering: March to June. Fruiting: May. VERNACULAR NAMES. — Cambodia: Pring chan (Siem Reap), Pring Sratoap (Kampong Thum & Kampong Chhnang). Vietnam: Tram sung, Tram trang .

DESCRIPTION

Tree to 18 m tall, to 30-41 cm dbh. Bark smooth, greyish to brownish; slash bark brownish. Glabrous.

Figures

FIG. 27. — Distribution of Syzygium hancei Merr. & L.M.Perry (), Syzygium harmandii (Gagnep.) Merr.& L.M.Perry () and Syzygium hemisphericum (Wight) Alston () in Indochina.