兰屿赤楠 lan yu chi nan

Eugenia similis Merrill, Philipp. J. Sci. 1(Suppl.): 106. 1906; Syzygium lanyuense E. C. Chang.

Trees, to 8 m tall. Branchlets light brown, slender; older branchlets dark brown, terete, glabrous. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade oblanceolate, obovate-elliptic, or oblong, 7-8 × 3.5-4 cm, subleathery, adaxially glandular punctate, secondary veins 8-9 on each side of midvein, ca. 8 mm apart, and inconspicuous, intramarginal veins 2-3 mm from margin, base attenuate to cuneate, margins slightly revolute, apex cuspidate. Inflorescences axillary, cymes 3-4 cm, few-flowered; branches short, opposite. Flowers pink, ca. 3 mm. Hypanthium campanulate. Calyx lobes broadly triangular, very short. Petals coherent. Stamens numerous, ca. 3 mm; anthers elliptic, small. Style ca. 3 mm; stigma sharp. Fruit blackish purple, globose, ca. 3 mm in diam., apically with a persistent calyx rim. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Sep.

Broad-leaved evergreen forests, hillsides; 100-400 m. Taiwan (Huoshao Dao, Lan Yu) [Philippines].