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'''''Syzygium grande''''' or '''sea apple''' is a tall tree that can reach 30 m. The trees can be found along the coastal line of [[Southeast Asia]]. Its leaves are large with dark green color. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome<ref>{{Cite web |title=Syzygium montanum Gamble {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:601954-1 |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref>. It is usually grown in elevation range between 770- 2000 m. |
'''''Syzygium grande''''' or '''sea apple''' is a tall tree that can reach 30 m. The trees can be found along the coastal line of [[Southeast Asia]]. Its leaves are large with dark green color. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome<ref>{{Cite web |title=Syzygium montanum Gamble {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:601954-1 |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref>. It is usually grown in elevation range between 770- 2000 m. |
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== Description == |
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The leaves are simple, opposite, and arranged in a decussate pattern. The petiole measures up to 1.5 cm in length. The lamina is 6–13 cm long and 3–8 cm wide, with an elliptic-lanceolate or obovate shape and dotted with pellucid glands. The apex is obtuse, and the leaves have approximately 12 pairs of secondary nerves<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Page |first=Navendu |title=Endemic Woody Plants of the Western Ghats |publisher=Trail Blazer Printers and Publishers |year=2017 |isbn=978-93-5279-072-2 |location=Bangalore}}</ref>. The flowers are small, white, and arranged in terminal corymbose cymes. The fruit is globose, brownish-red, with a diameter of 1 cm, and has a persistent calyx like other Syzygium species<ref name=":0" />. |
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This species appears to exhibit two distinct leaf forms based on elevation. At lower elevations, up to 1200 m in Kodagu and Wayanad, the leaves are oblong-elliptic or lanceolate. In contrast, at higher elevations between 1500 and 2200 m in the shola forests of the Nilgiris and Meghamalai Hills, the leaves are more elliptic to orbicular and glaucous<ref name=":0" />.[[File:Fruits of Syzygium grande.jpg|thumb|right|Young fruits]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 00:42, 3 December 2024
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Syzygium |
| Species: | S. grande
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| Syzygium grande (Wight) Walp.
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Syzygium grande or sea apple is a tall tree that can reach 30 m. The trees can be found along the coastal line of Southeast Asia. Its leaves are large with dark green color. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome[2]. It is usually grown in elevation range between 770- 2000 m.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "Syzygium montanum Gamble | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-11-29.