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Syzygium guineense

{{italic title}} {{taxobox |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperm]]s |unranked_classis = [[Eudicot]]s |unranked_ordo = [[Rosid]]s |ordo = [[Myrtales]] |familia = [[Myrtaceae]] |genus = ''[[Syzygium]]'' |species = '''''S. guineense''''' |binomial = ''Syzygium guineense'' |binomial_authority = [[Nathaniel Wallich|Wall.]] |}} '''''Syzygium guineense''''' adalah tumbuhan hutan berdaun lebat dari familia [[Myrtaceae]], dapat ditemukan di beberapa bagian [[Afrika]], baik tumbuh liar maupun telah domestikasi. Buah dan daunnya dapat dimakan; the pulp and the fruit skin are sucked and the seed discarded. It is sometimes called '''"waterberry"''', but this may also refer to other species of ''[[Syzygium]]''. Tingginya kebanyakan sekitar 10 dan 15 meter, tetapi beberapa spesimen yang telah ditemukan mampu tumbuh setinggi 25 meter. Batangnya lebar, bergalur and the crown rounded and heavy, with a bark that is smooth when young, but becomes rough and black with age. The branches are dropping, the stems are thick and angular. The young leaves are purple-red in color, but as they mature their color becomes dark green; the leaves in general are shiny and smooth on both surfaces, with a tip that is long but rounded, on a short grooved stalk. The flowers of ''S. guineense'' have white, showy stamens, in dense branched heads 10 centimeters across, yielding a honey-sweet smell that attracts many insects. In southern [[Ethiopia]] ''S. guineense'' is a much-appreciated shade tree for both the homestead and the home garden. Wild forms occur from sea level to an altitude of 2,100 meters. It prefers moist soils with a high water table beside rivers, but this species will also grow in open woodland.<ref>[http://www.africa.upenn.edu/faminefood/category2/cat2_Syzigium_guineense.htm "Wild Food" Plans with "Famine Foods" Components: Syzgium guineense] (Famine Food Guide website)</ref> It is considered a [[famine food]], eaten by [[Subsistence agriculture|subsistence farmers]] when their crops fail.<ref>Yves Guinand and Dechassa Lemessa, [http://www.ocha-eth.org/Archive/DownloadableReports/famp0300.pdf "Wild-Food Plants in Southern Ethiopia: Reflections on the role of 'famine-foods' at a time of drought"] UN-OCHA Report, March 2000 (accessed 15 January 2009)</ref> == Referensi == {{reflist}} == Pranala luar == {{WestAfricanPlants|Syzygium guineense}} [[Category:Afromontane]] [[Category:Fruits berasal dari Africa]] [[Category:Flora Afrika]] [[Category:Flora Ethiopia]] [[Category:Syzygium|guineense]] {{Tumbuhan-stub}}