| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Myrtaceae |
| Synonym | Syzigium arnottianum Walp. |
| Synonym_2 | Eugenia arnottianum (Walp.) Wight |
| Local Name | Ayiri |
| Local Name 2 | Njaval |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, to 20 m high; bark surface blackish-grey, rough; branchlets terete. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 3-20 mm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 3.5-9 x 1.8-3.7 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, base attenuate or acute, apex acuminate or caudate acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, glandular punctate, coriaceous, olive-green when dry; lateral nerves many, parallel, flowers creamy, fruit a berry, oblong-ovoid, dark purple, fleshy. |