Eugenia kusukusensis Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 119. 1913.

Trees, small. Branchlets terete. Petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 9-14 × ca. 4 cm, leathery, both surfaces glandular, adaxially dark brown and glossy when dry, secondary veins numerous, dense, parallel, 2-3 mm apart, slowly ascending, and conspicuous on both surfaces, intramarginal veins near margin, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences terminal, paniculate cymes, ca. 4 × 6 cm, branched. Hypanthium 3-5 mm, obconic. Calyx lobes inconspicuous. Petals coherent. Stamens ca. 1.5 mm. Fruit purplish red, globose, ca. 2 cm in diam. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Nov-Dec.

● Broad-leaved evergreen forests, mountain slopes; 500-800 m. Taiwan (Hengchun Peninsula).