Syzygium malabaricum (Bedd.) Gamble

Type
Indigenous
Family
Myrtaceae
Synonym
Eugenia malabarica Bedd.
Habit
Medium sized tree
Botanical Features

Trees, bark greyish-brown, smooth; blaze dull yellow; branchlets tetragonous. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 6-25 mm, stout, grooved above; lamina 6-13 x 2.2-8 cm, obovate or obcordate, base cuneate, apex obtuse or retuse, margin entire coriaceous, glabrous, nearly glaucous beneath, pellucid-dotted, lateral nerves 8-10 pairs, flowers bisexual, 2.5 mm across, white, fruit a berry.