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Kelat - Syzygium chloranthum (Duthie) Merr. & L.M.Perry - Myrtaceae [1]
Other names:
Kelat merah (Malay)[1,2]
General information:
A tree up to 30 m tall, common in lowland and hill forest[2]
Distinguish botanical characteristics:
Stem bark – dark red-brown[2,3]
Inflorescence – flower bud – broadly clove shape, many pale greenish white-stamens with red-tiped anthers[2,3]
Fruit – spherical, green flushed rose-purple[2]
Inflorescence – flower bud – broadly clove shape, many pale greenish white-stamens with red-tiped anthers[2,3]
Fruit – spherical, green flushed rose-purple[2]
Uses:
Medicinal uses – root, has potential for treating ichthyosis [4]
Wood – reputed to be used as kelat (for tanning cow hives)[2]
also for making boat, furniture[3]
Wood – reputed to be used as kelat (for tanning cow hives)[2]
also for making boat, furniture[3]
Major/bioactive phytochemicals:
None reported.
References:
[1] https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/43033
[2] https://asianplant.net/Dipterocarpaceae/Shorea_parvifolia.htm
[3] http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Shorea+parvifolia
[4] Kamarozaman et al 2022 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 1019 012004.
SK & NMH, 2022
