Syzygium antisepticum (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Recent Synonyms: Syzygium gratum (Wight) S.N. Mitra
Status: Exotic; Cultivated
Growth Form or Habit: Tree.
Bark: Surface copper-red and flaky.
Duxton Plain Park; Cultivated; 2011.
Leaves: Simple; Opposite; Variable in shape and size; Ovate to lanceolate or narrowly elliptical; Midrib impressed on the upper surface;10-15 pairs of secondary veins.
Duxton Plain Park; Cultivated; 2011.
Flower: White, with 5 petals.
Fruit: White; globose when immature.
Habitat: Altitude from sea level to1400m. Dry evergreen and mixed deciduous forest, open savannah and edges of mangrove.
Distribution: Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
Reference:
Chantaranothai, P & J. Parnell, 1994. A revision of Acmena, Cleistocalyx, Eugenia s.s and Syzygium (Myrtaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin, 21: 1-123
ASEAN-Korea Environmental Cooperation Project (AKECOP), Syzygium antisepticum (Blume) Merr. & Perry. ASEAN Tropical Plant Database. (Accessed: 11 Sep 2011)
The Total Vascular Flora of Singapore Online 
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