Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrtaceae | Syzygium
74. Syzygium levinei (Merrill) Merrill & L. M. Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 110. 1938.
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Eugenia levinei Merrill; Lingnan Sci. J. 13: 39. 1934.
Trees; 14-24 m tall; d.b.h. to 35 cm. Branchlets grayish white when dry; terete; chaffy. Petiole 5-7 mm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-elliptic; 4-8 x 1.5-3.5 cm; leathery; both surfaces grayish brown when dry and with minute glands; secondary veins 2-3 mm apart and at an angle of ca. 45° from midvein; intramarginal veins ca. 0.5 mm from margin; base broadly cuneate; apex acute. Inflorescences terminal or axillary on apical parts of branchlets; paniculate cymes; 4-7 cm; many-flowered; peduncle squarrose or papillary. Flower buds obovoid; 4-5 mm. Flowers white. Hypanthium obconic; ca. 3 mm. Calyx lobes very short. Petals 4; distinct; rounded; 2.5-3 mm. Stamen ca. 5 mm. Style ca. 4 mm. Fruit subglobose; 7-8 mm; 1-seeded. Fl. Jun-Sep; fr. Feb-May.
Sparse or dense forests; hills; streamsides; 100-200 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan [Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrtaceae | Syzygium
74. Syzygium levinei (Merrill) Merrill & L. M. Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 110. 1938.
??? shan pu tao
Eugenia levinei Merrill; Lingnan Sci. J. 13: 39. 1934.
Trees; 14-24 m tall; d.b.h. to 35 cm. Branchlets grayish white when dry; terete; chaffy. Petiole 5-7 mm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-elliptic; 4-8 x 1.5-3.5 cm; leathery; both surfaces grayish brown when dry and with minute glands; secondary veins 2-3 mm apart and at an angle of ca. 45° from midvein; intramarginal veins ca. 0.5 mm from margin; base broadly cuneate; apex acute. Inflorescences terminal or axillary on apical parts of branchlets; paniculate cymes; 4-7 cm; many-flowered; peduncle squarrose or papillary. Flower buds obovoid; 4-5 mm. Flowers white. Hypanthium obconic; ca. 3 mm. Calyx lobes very short. Petals 4; distinct; rounded; 2.5-3 mm. Stamen ca. 5 mm. Style ca. 4 mm. Fruit subglobose; 7-8 mm; 1-seeded. Fl. Jun-Sep; fr. Feb-May.
Sparse or dense forests; hills; streamsides; 100-200 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan [Vietnam].