Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrtaceae | Syzygium
36. Syzygium tsoongii (Merrill) Merrill & L. M. Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 112. 1938.
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Eugenia tsoongii Merrill; Philipp. J. Sci. 21: 504. 1922; E. leucocarpa Gagnepain (1918); not Merrill (1916).
Shrubs or trees; 1-5 m tall. Branchlets grayish brown when dry; slender; 4-angled. Petiole less than 2 mm; leaf blade linear to narrowly oblong; 1.5-4.5 x 0.4-1.2 cm; leathery; abaxially slightly grayish white when dry; adaxially olive green when dry; adaxially with numerous small glands; midvein impressed; secondary veins 1-1.5 mm apart; at an angle of 55°-65° from midvein; abaxially slightly raised; and adaxially inconspicuous; intramarginal veins very close to margin; base gradually narrow and rounded to slightly obtuse; apex obtuse. Inflorescences terminal; paniculate cymes; ca. 3 cm; peduncle 4-ridged. Flower buds conic; 5-7 mm. Flowers white; ca. 1.2 cm. Hypanthium obconic; ca. 4 mm; glandular punctate; corrugate when dry; glaucous. Calyx lobes 4 or 5; suborbicular; ca. 1 mm; persistent. Petals 4 or 5; coherent; rounded; ca. 2 mm in diam.; glandular punctate. Stamens 5-7 mm. Style ca. 8 mm. Fruit white when ripe; globose; 5-7 mm in diam. Fl. May-Aug; fr. Oct-Dec.
Mountain valleys; margin of mixed forests by streams; 400-600 m. Guangxi; Hainan; Hunan [Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrtaceae | Syzygium
36. Syzygium tsoongii (Merrill) Merrill & L. M. Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 112. 1938.
???? xia ye pu tao
Eugenia tsoongii Merrill; Philipp. J. Sci. 21: 504. 1922; E. leucocarpa Gagnepain (1918); not Merrill (1916).
Shrubs or trees; 1-5 m tall. Branchlets grayish brown when dry; slender; 4-angled. Petiole less than 2 mm; leaf blade linear to narrowly oblong; 1.5-4.5 x 0.4-1.2 cm; leathery; abaxially slightly grayish white when dry; adaxially olive green when dry; adaxially with numerous small glands; midvein impressed; secondary veins 1-1.5 mm apart; at an angle of 55°-65° from midvein; abaxially slightly raised; and adaxially inconspicuous; intramarginal veins very close to margin; base gradually narrow and rounded to slightly obtuse; apex obtuse. Inflorescences terminal; paniculate cymes; ca. 3 cm; peduncle 4-ridged. Flower buds conic; 5-7 mm. Flowers white; ca. 1.2 cm. Hypanthium obconic; ca. 4 mm; glandular punctate; corrugate when dry; glaucous. Calyx lobes 4 or 5; suborbicular; ca. 1 mm; persistent. Petals 4 or 5; coherent; rounded; ca. 2 mm in diam.; glandular punctate. Stamens 5-7 mm. Style ca. 8 mm. Fruit white when ripe; globose; 5-7 mm in diam. Fl. May-Aug; fr. Oct-Dec.
Mountain valleys; margin of mixed forests by streams; 400-600 m. Guangxi; Hainan; Hunan [Vietnam].