Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrtaceae | Syzygium
32. Syzygium tephrodes (Hance) Merrill & L. M. Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 223. 1938.
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Eugenia tephrodes Hance; J. Bot. 23: 7. 1885.
Shrubs to trees; to 6 m tall. Branchlets grayish white when dry; narrowly winged at angle; old branches grayish brown; terete. Leaves subsessile; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate; 2-5(-11) x 1-1.5(-3) cm; leathery; abaxially slightly pale when dry; adaxially grayish green to grayish brown and not glossy when dry; secondary veins 12-16 on each side of midvein; ca. 1.5 mm apart; nearly same level as leaf surface; abaxially slightly visible; and adaxially conspicuous; intramarginal veins very near margin; base slightly cordate; margin glandular punctate; apex obtuse and with an acuminate to acute tip. Inflorescences terminal; paniculate cymes; 3-4 cm; peduncle grayish white; ridged. Flowers white; fragrant. Hypanthium grayish white; narrowly obconic; ca. 4 mm; longitudinally corrugate when dry. Calyx lobes 4; ovate-rounded; ca. 1 mm. Petals coherent; rounded; ca. 2 mm. Stamens 3-4 mm. Style 6-7 mm. Fruit grayish white; broadly ellipsoid; 3-4 mm; apical part narrow; apically with persistent calyx lobes. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Nov-Dec.
? Broad-leaved evergreen forests; valleys; slopes; stream margins; 300(-2000) m. Hainan.