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Syzygium leucoxylon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Syzygium
Species:	S. leucoxylon
Binomial name
Syzygium leucoxylon Korth.
Synonyms
Eugenia alcinae Merr. Eugenia brevistylis C.B.Rob. Eugenia leucoxylon (Korth.) Miq. Eugenia verecunda Duthie Myrtus leucoxylon Korth. ex Miq. Syzygium alcinae (Merr.) Merr. & L.M.Perry Syzygium verecundum (Duthie) Wall. ex Masam.

Syzygium leucoxylon is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae, that grows in the tropical peat swamp forest of Sarawak and Kalimantan. The species was described in 1848 by botanist Pieter Willem Korthals from specimens found growing on the mountain Gunung Pamaton, in Borneo.

References

1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 17 January 2014.
2. Mustaid Siregar and Edy Nasriadi Sambas. "Floristic Composition of Peat Swamp Forest in Mensemat-Sambas, West Kalimantan". Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tropical Peatlands, Bogor, Indonesia, 22-23 November 1999 (PDF).
3. "Bijdrage tot de Kennis der Myrtaceae". Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief. 1 (3): 185–206. 1848. page 203

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