Syzygium myrtifolium Wight ex Miq.

Syzygium myrtifolium Wight ex Miq.
(Pucuk Merah)

Picture 5. Syzygium myrtifolium

(Wan, 2019)

Classification
Kingdom         : Plantae

Divisi               : Magnoliophyta

Class                : Magnoliopsida

Order               : Myrtales

Family             : Myrtaceae

Genus              : Syzygium R.Br. ex Gaertn.

Species            : Syzygium myrtifolium Walp.

Other Scientific Names

·         Eugenia myrtifolia Roxb.

·         Eugenia oleina Wight

·         Eugenia parva C.B.Robinson

·         Eugenia sinubanensis Elmer

·         Syzygium campanellum Miq.

·         Syzygium campanulatum Korth.

·         Syzygium campanulatum var. longistylum P.Chantaranothai & J.Parnell

·         Syzygium oleinum Wall.

·         Syzygium oleinum Wall. ex Wight

·         Syzygium sinubanense (Elmer) Diels

Description

Growth form of  Syzygium myrtifolium, it is a tree with a dense bushy crown, up to 20 m tall. Foliage it's opposite, stalked leaves have leaf blades that are elliptic to lanceolate, about 7.5 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. Young leaves emerge reddish, turning red-brown then green. Flowers it’s powderpuff-like flowers are cream to white in colour, borne on a branched inflorescence, up to 4 cm long. Fruits it’s spherical to ellipsoid fruits are dark purple or black berries, about 9 mm wide. Habitat it grows in lowland primary and secondary forests, in coastal forests, near freshwater swamps and along riverbanks (National Park, 2019).

Spot Character

Young leaves are red with acuminate leaves.

Distribution

Southeast Asia

Benefit           

Natural fences and roadside plant

Location

Zone 1 of UPI Botanic Garden