Syzygium myrtifolium
Species of plant
Syzygium myrtifolium | |
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In a park, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | |
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Flowers | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Syzygium |
Species: | S. myrtifolium |
Binomial name | |
Syzygium myrtifolium Walp. | |
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Syzygium myrtifolium, the red lip or kelat oil, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae.[2] It is native to Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the Philippines.[1] A shrub or dense tree from 2 to 20 m (7 to 66 ft) tall, it is typically found in coastal areas, lowlands, and other wet tropical situations.[2] It has found use as a garden, street, and landscaping shrub or tree, due to its colorful young leaves, amenability to pruning (including topiary), and fragrant flowers.[2][3]
- Flowers can be white, cream, or yellow, with a pink cultivar available
- A cultivar with red young leaves
- Even as a seedling, younger shoots are red
- Bronze young leaves
- Yellow young leaves
- Syzygium myrtifolium in containers
- In fruit
- Fruit are black when fully ripe
- Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) hiding amongst the branches
- Bole of a large specimen
References
- ^ a b "Syzygium myrtifolium Walp". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Syzygium myrtifolium (Roxb.) Walp". nparks.gov.sg. Flora Fauna Web. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
Common Name: Kelat Oil, Kelat Paya, Red Lip, 红楠木
- ^ Fern, Ken (20 July 2022). "Useful Tropical Plants Syzygium myrtifolium". tropical.theferns.info. Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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