Syzygium simile
(Merr.) Merr.
(c) Gordon Chen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gordon Chen
(c) 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by 胡正恆(Jackson Hu)
(c) Gordon Chen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gordon Chen
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Fruit - raw. The pulp is eaten. The fruit is a purplish to black, subglobose berry. The fruit is borne in small clusters of up to three.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. They occur in the forests up to middle elevations from Luzon to Mindanao in the Philippines.
Asia, Pacific, Philippines, SE Asia, Taiwan,
How to Identify
A medium size tree. The twigs are slender and round. The leaves and the ends of branches are smooth. The leaves are opposite, oblong, and with the base blunt. The flowers are clustered along the branches mostly below the leaves. The flowers are whitish and in clusters of 3. They do not have stalks and come from the ends of small branches. The fruit are nearly round and purplish to nearly black when mature.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown by seed.
Propagation: Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe.
Names & Synonyms
Arang, Butik, Futik, Malaruhat, Maralumboy, Muning, Panglong buboien, Panglomboien, Panglongboien
References (4)
- Carig, Elizabeth T., 2020, Guidebook on Native Trees within the Quirino Forest Landscape. Plaridel, Bulacan, St. Andrew Publishing House. p 95
- Kuo, W. H. J., (Ed.) Taiwan's Ethnobotanical Database (1900-2000), http://tk.agron.ntu.edu.tw/ethnobot/DB1.htm
- Monsalud, M.R., Tongacan, A.L., Lopez, F.R., & Lagrimas, M.Q., 1966, Edible Wild Plants in Philippine Forests. Philippine Journal of Science. p 508
- PROSEA No. 2
