Compilation
Syzygium cordatum

33 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Syzygium cordatum Hochst. ex Sond. [family MYRTACEAE ]
Related name
  • Syzygium cordatum

Flora

Entry for SYZYGIUM cordatum Hochst. [family MYRTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 520, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
SYZYGIUM cordatum Hochst. [family MYRTACEAE], ! pl. Krauss.
Jambosa cyminifera E. Meyer [family MYRTACEAE], in herb. Drege.
Information
arborescent, glabrous; leaves subsessile, suborbiculate or elliptic-cordate, quite entire, coriaceous; much veined, paler beneath; cymes terminal, many-flowered, the branches quadrangular; calyx very short 4-tooth; style longer than the stamens. A tree 30–40 feet. Branches spreading, tetragonous, as well as the leaves opposite Petioles 1 line long. Leaves about 2 1/2 inches long, 2–2 1/4 inches wide, roundish or with a short, obtuse apex; with prominent veins on the under-surface. Cyme 3-chotomous, leafy at the base, 3–4 inches high and wide. Calyx 2 lines long, turbinate. Stamens exserted. Fruit the size of a small cherry, acidulous.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Woods on the rivers near the seashore from Omtendo to Port Natal, Drege, Gueinzius, Krauss, Plant. (71) Oct.-Feb. (Herb. Sd., D.)

Related Materials