(Myrtaceae) Syzygium syzygioides (Miq.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Local name(s): (wa noy)

Medicinal use(s): treat dysentery, diarrhea. 

Part(s) used: stem

Field Characters: Tree 20-25 m tall, dbh 30 cm, bark brown, smooth, slash light brown, flower buds light green, open flowers with prominent, numerous white stamens.

Locality: Savannakhet Province, Kaysone district, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, at 19 km from city center on road Kaysone-Seno.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen, lowland tropical rain forest in regeneration from some degree of past conversion.

Altitude: 158 m asl. 

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, O. Souliya

Collection number(s): DDS 14941

Collection Date: December 18, 2013

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2313750.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

Plants of the World onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Useful references:


Cock BE, Cheesman M. Plants of the Genus Syzygium (Myrtaceae): A Review on Ethnobotany, Medicinal Properties, and Phytochemistry. In book: Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants 1st Edition, first published 2018, Apple Academic Press, 50 pages. eBook ISBN978131514747. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/b22426-20/plants-genus-syzygium-myrtaceae-review-ethnobotany-medicinal-properties-phytochemistry-ian-edwin-cock-matthew-cheesman?context=ubx

Farias DP, Neri-Numa IA, Fernandes de Araújo F, Pastore GM. A critical review of some fruit trees from the Myrtaceae family as promising sources for food applications with functional claims. Food Chemistry 2020, volume 306, 125630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125630.


Le TH, Nguyen C et al.. (2023). Antimicrobial activity and constituents of the leaf essential oil of Syzygium petelotii Merr. & Perry and Syzygium syzygioides (Miq.) Merr. & Perry from Vietnam. Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants 2023, 26: 723-734. Doi: 10.1080/0972060X.2023.2192370.


Uddin ABMN, Hossain F, Reza ASMA, et al. Traditional uses, pharmacological activities, and phytochemical constituents of the genus Syzygium: A review. Food Sci Nutr 2022,10(6):1789-1819. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2797.