Syzygium jiewhoei, a new species from Western New Guinea 
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Fig. 3. Distribution of Syzygium jiewhoei Hambali, Sunarti & Y.W.Low in New Guinea. 
It’s worth noting that there is a solitary tree of Syzygium jiewhoei growing beside 
the road at the back of PT Freeport’s Environmental Department building in Kuala 
Kencana. It was previously erroneously identified as Syzygium versteegii (Lauterb.) 
Merr. & L.M.Perry. Syzygium versteegii differs from Syzygium jiewhoei in having 
terete branchlets and oblong leaves with only 15 pairs of secondary veins. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We would like to express our gratitude to Mr Tan Jiew Hoe for 
permission to collect flowering and fruiting materials of the new species from his garden for this 
study. GGH would like to thank Ms Siti Hutami Endang Adiningsih, Director of Taman Buah 
Mekarsari, for permission to perform this taxonomic research and write-up the manuscript 
and to Dr Wong Khoon Meng for his kindness in making some corrections and suggestions 
in the early stage of the manuscript preparation. SS is especially grateful to Dr Joeni Setijo 
Rahajoe (Keeper of BO) and Dr Rugayah for their continuous support and encouragement 
with the on-going Syzygium and Myrtaceae research conducted in BO. YWL is grateful to 
the National Parks Board, Singapore, through Singapore Botanic Gardens, for his research 
opportunities. YWL is also grateful to Prof. Dr David Burslem (University of Aberdeen), Dr 
David Middleton (Singapore Botanic Gardens) and Dr Eve Lucas (Royal Botanic Gardens 
Kew) for their guidance, support and encouragement with his on-going PhD research on 
Southeast Asian Syzygium , with a special focus on New Guinea. Finally, we are extremely 
grateful to the Keepers of BO, K and SING for permission to access materials under their care. 
Mr Subari (BO) prepared the line drawing and Ms Serena Lee (SING) helped with the map 
used here in this study. 
