Syzygium zeylanicum(L.) DC.

WFO wfo-0000319677 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 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 zeylanicum, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. a Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-13 / obs. 168758102
Syzygium zeylanicum, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. b Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 28273872
Syzygium zeylanicum, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. c Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50292597
Syzygium zeylanicum, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 103618261
Syzygium zeylanicum, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. e Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50292602
Syzygium zeylanicum, photographed by S.MORE
fig. f S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 103619803
Syzygium zeylanicum, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. g Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56819051
Syzygium zeylanicum, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. h Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56819046

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Syzygium zeylanicum is native: Madagascar, China Southeast, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam MadagascarChina SoutheastAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam Andaman Is.
Native distribution of Syzygium zeylanicum, 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
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Madagascar MDG AFRICA
China Southeast CHS ASIA-TEMPERATE

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 27 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 parviflora DC.
  • Acmena zeylanica (L.) Thwaites
  • Calyptranthes malabarica Dennst.
  • Caryophyllus rugosus Blume ex Miq.
  • Eugenia glandulifera Roxb.
  • Eugenia goudotiana H.Perrier
  • Eugenia linearis Duthie
  • Eugenia longicauda Ridl.
  • Eugenia macrorhyncha Miq.
  • Eugenia spicata Lam.
  • Eugenia spicata var. cordata Kochummen
  • Eugenia varians Miq.
  • Eugenia zeylanica (L.) Wight
  • Jambosa bracteata Miq.
  • Jambosa glandulifera (Roxb.) Miq.
  • Jambosa koenigii Blume
  • Myrtus zeylanica L.
  • Syzygium aqueum var. lineare (Wall. ex Gamble) Alston
  • Syzygium bellutta DC.
  • Syzygium coarctatum Blume ex Miq.
  • Syzygium lineare Wall.
  • Syzygium lineare Wall. ex Gamble
  • Syzygium myrtifolium Wight ex Miq.
  • Syzygium spicatum (Lam.) DC.

and 3 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.