| Syzygium antisepticum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Syzygium |
| Species: | S. antisepticum |
| Binomial name | |
| Syzygium antisepticum | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
15 synonyms
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Syzygium antisepticum, or shore eugenia, is native to the floristic region of Malesia.
Syzygium antisepticum is a medium-size tree usually reaching 10–30 m (33–98 ft) tall with a trunk about 10–30 cm (3.9–11.8 in) diameter. Buttresses may or may not be present, and it has a distinctive red flaky bark. New growth is reddish and glabrous . Leaves are glossy dark green on the upper side and paler on the lower side, measure up to 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and 4 cm (1.6 in) wide, and have a "drip tip" (or acumen ) up to 2 cm (0.79 in) long. The flowers are compact in the inflorescence. Fruits are globose (almost spherical), white and about 1 cm (0.4 in) diamter. [3]
This species was first described in 1828 as Caryophyllus antisepticus by Carl Ludwig Blume. [4] More than a hundred years later, American botanists Elmer Drew Merrill and Lily May Perry transferred it the genus Syzygium. [5] It has been suggested that this species is part of a species complex which also includes S. gratum, S. ovatifolium, and S. zeylanicum. [6]
The plant is endemic to the islands of Sumatra, Java, and Borneo of the Greater Sunda Islands archipelago. It inhabits deciduous and evergreen forests, mangrove forests, and savannah, at altitudes from sea level up to about 1,400 m (4,600 ft). [7]
