Syzygium acuminatissimum(Blume) DC.

WFO wfo-0000318188 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Syzygium acuminatissimum, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-12-11 / obs. 110472273
Syzygium acuminatissimum, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110472281
Syzygium acuminatissimum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. c 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165366623
Syzygium acuminatissimum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165372699
Syzygium acuminatissimum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165372712
Syzygium acuminatissimum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165366626
Syzygium acuminatissimum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165366652
Syzygium acuminatissimum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165372736

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Syzygium acuminatissimum is native: China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.SulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam Andaman Is.
Native distribution of Syzygium acuminatissimum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China Southeast CHS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 18 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acmena acuminatissima (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Acmena dielsii Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Acmena laevifolia (Ridl.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Acmena polyantha (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Eugenia acuminatissima (Blume) Kurz
  • Eugenia attenuatifolia Merr.
  • Eugenia cumingiana S.Vidal
  • Eugenia cuspidato-obovata Hayata
  • Eugenia eucaudata Elmer ex Merr.
  • Eugenia gardneri Fern.-Vill.
  • Eugenia laevifolia Ridl.
  • Eugenia subdecurrens (Miq.) Merr. & Chun
  • Jambosa acuminatissima (Blume) Hassk.
  • Myrtus acuminatissima Blume
  • Syzygium cumingianum (Vidal) Gibbs
  • Syzygium cuspidato-obovatum (Hayata) Mori
  • Syzygium subdecurrens Miq.
  • Xenodendron polyanthum K.Schum. & Lauterb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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