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Syzygium claviflorum is an evergreen tree from tropical and subtropical Asia and northern Australia, grown for timber and sometimes for its edible fruit. It thrives in warm, humid, wet tropical conditions with consistent moisture.
Syzygium claviflorum is a tree in the Myrtaceae family. It is native to northern and northeastern Australia and to tropical and subtropical Asia. It is used for timber, as fuel, as human and cattle food, and for dye. Stunted specimens can be found on the top of the plateau of Bokor National Park, Cambodia.
The tree grows on the Australian continent and across Wallacea, Southeast Asia to India and up to southern China. Countries and regions where the plant is native include: Australia (central- and north-eastern Queensland and Cape York; Yermalner/Melville Island, Bathurst Island, Northern Territory); Papua Niugini (eastern New Guinea); Indonesia (West Papua, Aru Islands, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Jawa); Philippines; Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, Peninsular Malaysia); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; Zhōngguó/China (Hainan, Yunnan); Laos; Myanmar; Bangladesh; India (Andaman Islands, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim); Bhutan; Eastern Himalaya; Sri Lanka. The species has been reported from southern India, in the southern Western Ghats in the state of Kerala.
The wood is a useful structural timber, and in Australia is marketed under the name grey satinash. People who live in the Bung Khong Long Non-Hunting Area (Nong Khai Province, Thailand) use the bark for dyeing nets (to enhance their strength) and the fruit as cattle feed.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syzygium claviflorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
