Syzygium buxifolium

Syzygium buxifolium, the boxleaf eugenia or fish-scale bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to northern Vietnam, southern China, Hainan, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, and southern Kyushu, Japan.^[1] A shrub or small tree, it is suitable for hedges, containers, and bonsai.^[2] It is used as a street tree in a number of southern Chinese cities.^[3]

Close-up of leaf with human thumbnail for scale

Syzygium buxifolium
Close-up of flowers
In fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Syzygium
Species:	S. buxifolium
Binomial name
Syzygium buxifolium Hook. & Arn.
Synonyms[1]
List Eugenia microphylla C.Abel Eugenia pyxophylla Hance Eugenia sinensis Hemsl. Eugenia somae Hayata Syllysium buxifolium (Hook. & Arn.) Meyen & S.Schauer Syzygium buxifolium var. verticillatum C.Chen Syzygium somae (Hayata) Mori