Syzygium szemaoense

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Description

A shrub or small tree. It grows 4-8 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-10 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They are leathery. There are 3-9 flowers in a group near the ends of branches. The fruit are purple when ripe. They are oval and 1.5 cm long by 1 cm wide. There is one seed.

Edible Uses

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten raw.

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Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows between 600-1600 m altitude in Yunnan in China. In XTBG Yunnan.

Where It Grows

Asia, China, Indochina, SE Asia, Vietnam,

Production

In China plants flower in July and August and fruit from September to December.

References (4)

Aiguo, C. & Zhiling, D., 2001, Managing Agricultural Resources for Biodiversity Conservation. Case Study Yunnan, Southwest China. Environment Liaison Center International. p 14
Fu, Yongneng, et al, 2003, Relocating Plants from Swidden Fallows to Gardens in Southwestern China. Economic Botany, 57(3): 389-402
Ghorbani, A., et al, 2012, A comparison of the wild food plant use knowledge of ethnic minorities in Naban River Watershed Nature Reserve, Yunnan, SW China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 8:17
Jin, Chen et al, 1999, Ethnobotanical studies on Wild Edible Fruits in Southern Yunnan: Folk Names: Nutritional Value and Uses. Economic Botany 53(1) pp 2-14