BISH 652588Botany

Syzygium

Waterberries

As recorded: Syzygium Gaertn.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Myrtaceae

Collected by: Fosberg, F.R.
Collector number: 26592
Date: August 20, 1946
Locality: N ridge, Mt. Matanta, above Tafonshak, N side of island
Island: Kosrae
Region: Micronesia
Identified by: Snow, N.
Record type: Preserved specimen

492 Bishop specimens of Syzygium · collected 1908–2019Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 20, 1946, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Syzygium observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 18,158 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-30.

2026-10-30

Scullen Av, Mighell, QLD, AU

(c) ccrcnursery2026, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-29

Florida's Turnpike N, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US

(c) isaiahwins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-29

Florida's Turnpike N, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US

(c) isaiahwins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-29

Iqadi, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

(c) aphiledladla3, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-29

Taiwan, TW

(c) 洪阿愷, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-29

Kakadu, NT, AU

(c) Kjell Hensen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Syzygium. BISH 652588. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956309893. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/652588.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956309893 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

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