Syzygium nervosumDC.

WFO wfo-0000319069 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 nervosum, photographed by Tom Field
fig. a Tom Field, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-02-05 / obs. 112065637
Syzygium nervosum, photographed by Tom Field
fig. b Tom Field, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112065657
Syzygium nervosum, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. c Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175437790
Syzygium nervosum, photographed by Tim
fig. d Tim, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115854561
Syzygium nervosum, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. e Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175437804
Syzygium nervosum, photographed by Tim
fig. f Tim, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115854590
Syzygium nervosum, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. g Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175437814
Syzygium nervosum, photographed by Tim
fig. h Tim, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115854605

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Syzygium nervosum is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Tibet, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas I., East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Northern Territory, Western Australia China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTibetAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalPhilippinesSri LankaSumateraThailandVietnamNorthern TerritoryWestern Australia Christmas I.
Native distribution of Syzygium nervosum, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
Christmas I. XMS
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Tibet CHT
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Western Australia WAU

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 39 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.

  • Calyptranthes costata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Calyptranthes cuneata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Calyptranthes grandis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Calyptranthes makul Blanco
  • Calyptranthes mangiferifolia Hance ex Walp.
  • Calyptranthes tatna Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Calyptranthes zuzygium Blanco
  • Cleistocalyx cerasoides (Roxb.) I.M.Turner
  • Cleistocalyx cerasoides var. paniala (Roxb.) I.M.Turner
  • Cleistocalyx nervosum (DC.) Kosterm.
  • Cleistocalyx nervosum var. paniala (Roxb.) J.Parn. & Chantar.
  • Cleistocalyx nervosus (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Kosterm.
  • Cleistocalyx nervosus var. paniala (Roxb.) J.Parn. & Chantaranothai
  • Cleistocalyx operculatus (Roxb.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Cleistocalyx operculatus var. paniala (Roxb.) Chantar. & J.Parn.
  • Eugenia cerasoides Roxb.
  • Eugenia clausa C.B.Rob.
  • Eugenia divaricato-cymosa Hayata
  • Eugenia gigantea Ridl.
  • Eugenia holtzeana F.Muell.
  • Eugenia holtzei F.Muell.
  • Eugenia holtziana F.Muell.
  • Eugenia nervosa (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Bedd.
  • Eugenia operculata Roxb.

and 15 more.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.