Syzygium Gaertner, 1788

Byng, James W., Barthelat, Fabien, Snow, Neil & Bernardini, Benedetta, 2016, Revision of Eugenia and Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from the Comoros archipelago, Phytotaxa 252 (3), pp. 163-184 : 175

2. Syzygium Gaertner

Glabrous trees or shrubs. Inflorescences usually terminal. Bracteoles paired, reduced, persistent or caducous. Flowers creamy-white to reddish-pink. Calyx lobes 4, free, persistent or caducous. Petals coherent into a calyptra or free [exotic species in region]. Stamens usually numerous, conspicuous, filaments free. Ovary 2-locular, placentation axile, ovules few to many per locule, style simple. Fruit a fleshy or dry berry. Seeds globular.

A large genus distributed widely and often abundantly in the Old World tropics and subtropics consisting of about 1200 species ( WCSP 2015). Four native and four non-native species occur in the Comoros archipelago.