- Family:
- Myrtaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Syzygium Gaertn.
Syzygium aqueum (Burm.f.) Alston

[FTEA]
Myrtaceae, B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2001
- Morphology General Habit
- Tree upto 18(–23) m tall with short crooked ribbed bole and brown flaky bark.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves crimson when young, oblong to elliptic, 4.5–23 cm long, 1.5–11 cm wide, obtuse, retuse or shortly acuminate at the apex, cuneate, rounded or slightly subcordate at the base, coriaceous; petiole 1–5 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white, ± 10 in terminal and axillary cymes, subsessile.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-tube 1.5–3 cm long; lobes ovate, up to 6 mm wide.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals pinkish white, oblong, up to 1.2 cm long, 8 mm wide, obtuse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens pink, up to 1.5 cm long; anthers white.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit red, globose, 2 cm diameter, crowned with prominently necked persistent calyx-ring.
Native to:
Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Laos, Marianas, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam
- Cerocarpus aqueus (Burm.f.) Hassk.
- Eugenia aquea Burm.f.
- Eugenia callophylla (Miq.) Reinw. ex de Vriese
- Eugenia javanica Lam.
- Eugenia nodiflora Aubl.
- Eugenia obversa Miq.
- Jambosa aquea (Burm.f.) DC.
- Jambosa calophylla Miq.
- Jambosa javanica (Lam.) K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Jambosa madagascariensis Blume
- Jambosa subsessilis Miq.
- Malidra aquea (Burm.f.) Raf.
- Myrtus javanica (Lam.) Blume
- Syzygium javanicum (Lam.) Masam.
- Syzygium obversum (Miq.) Masam.
Syzygium aqueum (Burm.f.) Alston appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jun 1, 2005 | Wing, J.A. [34987], Malaysia | K001022510 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1977 | Henderson, M.R. [s.n.], Sulawesi | K001022512 | Yes | ||
35937.000 | No | ||||
Carey, W. [s.n.], India | K000793896 | Yes | |||
Hyland, B. [10801], Australia | K001284539 | Yes | |||
Wiakabu, J. [LAE 70331], New Guinea | K001296051 | Yes | |||
Turnau, E.A. [858] | K001005382 | Yes | |||
Leach, G. [34201], New Guinea | K001296034 | Yes | |||
Shah, M. [MS.1554] | K001005381 | Yes | |||
Lorzing, J.A. [s.n.], Indonesia | K001022436 | Yes | |||
Henderson, M.R. [20507], Malaysia | K001022517 | Yes | |||
Othman, GJ. [S.57640] | K001277449 | Yes | |||
Balgooy, V.M. [6900], Malaysia | K001022511 | Yes | |||
Zollinger, H. [N2. 3808/3888], Indonesia | K001022440 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [3613], India | K000793894 | Yes | |||
Teryua, Z. [2340], Singapore | K001005380 | Yes | |||
Gray, E. [3592], New Guinea | K001296035 | Yes | |||
Wiakabu, J. [LAE 72365], New Guinea | K001296840 | Yes | |||
Lee, A. [S.50614] | K001277435 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [s.n.], Malaysia | K000258857 | Yes | |||
Clarkson, J.R. [3860], Australia | K001284538 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [471], New Guinea | K001296055 | Yes | |||
Carey, W. [s.n.], India | K000793895 | Yes | |||
Fosberg, F.R. [47435], Palau | Eugenia javanica | K001000507 | Yes | ||
Fosberg, F.R. [47435], Palau | Eugenia javanica | K001000510 | Yes | ||
Fosberg, F.R. [25784], Palau | Eugenia javanica | K001000509 | Yes | ||
Ridley, H.N. [8931], Singapore | Eugenia javanica | K001003335 | Yes | ||
Fosberg, F.R. [24571], Palau | Eugenia javanica | K001000506 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3613] | Eugenia aquea | K001119818 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3613] | Eugenia aquea | K001119817 | Yes |
First published in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 11: 204 (1929)
Accepted by
- (2019). https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.427.2.2/38099 epublication.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- National Parks Board Singapore (2006). Vascular Plant Life Checklist Pulau Ubin www.nparks.gov.sg/nparks_cms/cms/cmsmgr/data/6/PlantChkList.xls.
- Soh, W.K. & Parnell, J. (2015). A revision of Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae) in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) Adansonia, sér. 3, 37: 179-275.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- (2019). https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.427.2.2/38099 epublication.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- Soh, W.K. & Parnell, J. (2015). A revision of Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae) in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) Adansonia, sér. 3, 37: 179-275.
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