| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Myrtaceae |
| Synonym | Eugenia gardneri (Thw.) Bedd. |
| Local Name | Karinjaval |
| Local Name 2 | Kattayiri |
| Local Name 3 | Tholnjaval |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, bark surface yellowish-white, granulated, peeling off in small flakes; outer part of the inner bark fibrous, pale pink; blaze brown; branches slender, terete. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-15 mm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous, pellucid-dotted; lamina 5-10 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base acute, apex caudate-acuminate, margin entire, glabrous and glossy, membranous; flowers white, in axillary and terminal trichotomous cymes, fruit a berry 5-8 mm across, ovoid, rarely globose, purple. |