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Issue: Vol. 715 No. 2: 19 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.715.2.5
Page range: 153-158
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Syzygium rubrocarpum (Myrtaceae): a new species of Wallacean Syzygium with red-colored globose berries

Research Center for Applied Botany, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
Herbarium Bandungense, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Sumedang 45363, Indonesia
Indonesia Malesia Myrtoideae Sulawesi Syzygieae Eudicots

Abstract

Syzygium rubrocarpum, a new species from Sulawesi, is described and illustrated here. This novel species is recognized by its narrowly elliptic or oblong-elliptic to subfalcate leaf shape with 13‒15 lateral veins, cauliflorous cymes on main stem, pink-colored flowers, and red-colored globose berries. Currently, S. rubrocarpum is known to occur in two locations in Southeast Sulawesi (Kendari and Kolaka) and is locally referred to as ruruhi.

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How to Cite

Martiansyah, I., Hariri, M.R. & Irsyam, A.S.D. (2025) Syzygium rubrocarpum (Myrtaceae): a new species of Wallacean Syzygium with red-colored globose berries. Phytotaxa 715 (2): 153–158. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.715.2.5