Syzygium travancoricum Gamble
Poriyal, Travancore syzygium (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of S. stocksii) (Shareef & Santhosh, 2020:100; POWO, 2023)
Last record: 1894
Rediscovered in 1981 or before (Nair & Mohanan, 1981)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Kerala & Travancore, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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