Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrtaceae | Syzygium
56. Syzygium rehderianum Merrill & L. M. Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 243. 1938.
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Shrubs or trees; to 13 m tall; d.b.h. to 18 cm. Branchlets red; brown when dry; terete; slightly compressed; old branches grayish brown. Petiole 7-9 mm; leaf blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic; 4-7 x 2.5-3.5 cm; leathery; abaxially slightly pale when dry; adaxially grayish brown to blackish brown and not glossy when dry; abaxially with numerous glands; adaxially with numerous small glands; secondary veins 2-3.5 mm apart; at an angle of ca. 50° from midvein; abaxially slightly raised; and adaxially inconspicuous; intramarginal veins 1-1.5 mm from margin; base broadly cuneate; apex abruptly acuminate and with a 5-10 mm obtuse acumen. Inflorescences axillary in axils apically on branches; cymes; 1-2 cm; usually with 5 or 6 branches. Flower buds ca. 3.5 mm. Hypanthium obconic; ca. 3 mm; apically flatted truncate. Calyx lobes inconspicuous. Petals white; coherent. Stamens 3-4 mm. Style slender; as long as stamens. Fruit black; ellipsoid-ovoid; 1.5-2 x ca. 1 cm. Fl. Jun-Aug; fr. Nov-Jan.
? Open to dense forests; valleys; hills; streamsides; 100-1000 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hunan.