Syzygium hemisphericum (Walp.) Alston

Type
Indigenous
Family
Myrtaceae
Synonym
Jambosa hemispherica Walp.
Local Name
Venjara
Habit
Medium sized tree
Botanical Features

Trees, bark surface dark-brown, smooth; branchlets terete. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-20 mm, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 5.5-17.5 x 2-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-oblanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, base cuneate or acute, apex acute, acuminate or caudate-acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous, pellucid-dotted; flowers white or rose, fruit a berry, 23-25 mm across, globose, purple.