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 Syzygium munronii (Wight) Chandrab

Synonym	:	Eugenia munronii Wight
Family	:	Myrtaceae
Local name	:	Malayalam- Malamchamba
Flowering and fruiting period	:	December-May
Distribution	:	Western Ghats
Distribution in Kerala	:	Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
Habitat	:	Evergreen forests
Key botanical characters:    Large shrubs or small trees; branchlets quadrangular. Leaves simple, opposite, 22 x 7 cm, lanceolate, subsessile, glabrous; nerves and intramarginal veins prominent. Cymes 5-10 cm broad, terminal. Flowers few, 4 cm across; pedicels 1 cm long. Calyx 2.5 cm long, funnel-shaped; lobes 1 x 1 cm, orbicular. Petals orbicular,15 x15 mm, yellowish white; filaments 2.5 cm long, white. Berry 25 x 15 mm, ellipsoid, glabrous.