| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Myrtaceae |
| Synonym | Eugenia calophyllifolia Wight |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, bark brown, rough; blaze pink; branchlets terete. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 2-3 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 2-5 x 1.5-3 cm, obovate or suborbicular, base obtuse, or round, obtusely acute or slightly emarginate, margin entire, glabrous, pellucid dotted, coriaceous; lateral nerves many, parallel, flowers white, fruit a berry, oblong or obovoid, dark purple. |