Myrtaceae
Syzygium buxifolium
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Syzygium
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 小叶赤楠, 小葉赤楠, 牛金子, 赤楠, 赤楠根, 轮叶赤楠
Synonyms
- Eugenia microphylla C.Abel
- Eugenia pyxophylla Hance
- Eugenia sinensis Hemsl.
- Eugenia somai Hayata
- Syllysium buxifolium (Hook. & Arn.) Meyen & S.Schauer
- Syzygium buxifolium var. buxifolium
- Syzygium buxifolium var. verticillatum C.Chen
- Syzygium somai (Hayata) Mori
Photos

Photo: Shih-Shiuan Kao, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shih-Shiuan Kao, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Syzygium buxifolium: 小葉赤楠 Syzygium buxifolium [香港雲泉仙館 Ping Che, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/%E5%B0%8F%E8%91%89%E8%B5%A4%E6%A5%A0_Syzygium_buxifolium_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E9%9B%B2%E6%B3%89%E4%BB%99%E9%A4%A8_Ping_Che%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289229880252%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%B0%8F%E8%91%89%E8%B5%A4%E6%A5%A0_Syzygium_buxifolium_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E9%9B%B2%E6%B3%89%E4%BB%99%E9%A4%A8_Ping_Che%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289229880252%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.