Syzygium maire (A.Cunn.) Sykes & Garn.-jones

Tree to c. 12 m high, sometimes with pneumatophores; bark smooth, whitish or grey. Branchlets spreading, 4-angled. Petioles 5-10 mm long, slender. Lamina (1.5)-2.5-6 × 1-2.5 cm, usually elliptic, sometimes broadly elliptic, sinuate or undulate, shining. Cymes usually of 5-30 fls, to c. 8 cm diam. Pseudopedicels slender. Hypanthium 2-3 mm long at anthesis, obconic; calyx lobes very short and broad, persistent on fr. Petals 2-3 mm diam., orbicular, white, forming calyptrum in bud, caducous. Stamens 5-12-(15) mm long, white. Style < longest stamens. Ovary adnate to base of hypanthium. Fr. 10-15 mm diam., subglobose, broad-ellipsoid or elliptic-ovoid, deep crimson, glossy. Seed 1, large.

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in wetlands. It can also grow in reasonably dry situations. It can be near streams and in higher altitude cloud forest.

The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked.

Plants can be grown from seeds or cuttings. Seeds need to be in moist soil.