Syzygium laetum (Ham.) Gandhi

Type
Indigenous
Family
Myrtaceae
Synonym
Eugenia laeta Ham.
Synonym_2
Jambosa laeta (Ham.) Blume
Local Name
Kollinjaval
Habit
Small sized tree
Botanical Features

Trees, bark greyish-white, smooth; branchlets slender, terete. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 5-10 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 6-15 x 2-6 cm, elliptic, ovate, elliptic-ovate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate, attenuate or acute, apex acuminate or obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, flowers crimson or lemon yellow, fruit a berry, oblong.