5583.000 Syzygium Gaertn.

Description of the genus

Suffrutices, trees or shrubs. Inflorescence a terminal, many-flowered corymbose cyme. Receptacle gradually narrowed into a pedicel-like base above the articulation, distinctly prolonged beyond summit of ovary as an "upper receptacle". Calyx usually an indistinctly lobed rim-like extension to the upper receptacle. Petals 4, cohering and falling together as a calyptra. Filaments and style c.2 times as long as petals. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a berry.

Derivation of name: joined together, presumably referring to the opposite leaves

Worldwide: c. 1000 species in the tropics of the Old World

Malawi: 9 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
cordatum Hochst. ex C. KraussN,C,SDescription, Image
cordatum × guineense C,S
guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. afromontanum F. WhiteN,C,SDescription, Image
guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. guineense N,C,SDescription, Image
guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. guineense/huillense C
guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. huillense (Hiern) F. WhiteNDescription, Image
masukuense (Baker) R.E. Fr. subsp. masukuense N,C,S
masukuense (Baker) R.E. Fr. subsp. pachyphyllum F. WhiteN
owariense (P. Beauv.) Benth.N,C,SImage

Other sources of information about Syzygium:

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Flora of Botswana: Syzygium
Flora of Caprivi: Syzygium
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Syzygium
Flora of Mozambique: Syzygium
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Syzygium
Flora of Zambia: Syzygium
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Syzygium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Syzygium
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Syzygium

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Syzygium
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Syzygium
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Syzygium
Wikipedia: Syzygium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Syzygium
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Syzygium

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Syzygium.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1013, retrieved 24 March 2023

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