Myrtaceae
Daly River satinash
Syzygium nervosum
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Syzygium
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Common names
By language (7)
- Assamese
- কোটাহি জামু
- Cantonese
- 水翁
- Chinese
- 水翁, 水榕, 水翁叶, 水翁根, 水翁皮, 水翁花, 水翁蒲桃, 水翁蒲桃（水榕、水翁花）
- English
- Daly River satinash, C. nervosum (DC.) Kosterm
- Japanese
- ヴォイの木
- Nepali
- क्यामुना
- Vietnamese
- Vối
Synonyms
- Calyptranthes costata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Calyptranthes cuneata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Calyptranthes grandis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Calyptranthes makul Blanco
- Calyptranthes mangiferifolia Hance ex Walp.
- Calyptranthes tatna Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Calyptranthes zuzygium Blanco
- Cleistocalyx cerasoides (Roxb.) I.M.Turner
- Cleistocalyx cerasoides var. paniala (Roxb.) I.M.Turner
- Cleistocalyx nervosum (DC.) Kosterm.
- Cleistocalyx nervosum var. paniala (Roxb.) J.Parn. & Chantar.
- Cleistocalyx nervosus (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Kosterm.
- Cleistocalyx nervosus var. paniala (Roxb.) J.Parn. & Chantaranothai
- Cleistocalyx operculatus (Roxb.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
- Cleistocalyx operculatus var. paniala (Roxb.) Chantar. & J.Parn.
- Eugenia cerasoides Roxb.
- Eugenia clausa C.B.Rob.
- Eugenia divaricato-cymosa Hayata
- Eugenia gigantea Ridl.
- Eugenia holtzeana F.Muell.
- Eugenia holtzei F.Muell.
- Eugenia holtziana F.Muell.
- Eugenia nervosa (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Bedd.
- Eugenia operculata Roxb.
- Eugenia operculata var. cerasoides (Roxb.) Craib
- Eugenia operculata var. obovata Kurz
- Eugenia operculata var. paniala (Roxb.) King
- Eugenia paniala Roxb.
- Eugenia suavis Ridl.
- Syzygium cerasoides (Roxb.) Chatterjee & Kanjilal
- Syzygium cerasoides Raizada
- Syzygium nervosum var. obovatum (Kurz) A.Kumar
- Syzygium nervosum var. paniala (Roxb.) Craven & Biffin
- Syzygium nodosum Miq.
- Syzygium operculatum (Roxb.) Nied.
- Syzygium operculatum var. obovatum (Kurz) Gamble
- Syzygium polyanthum Thwaites
- Syzygium suave (Ridl.) Widodo
- Syzygium wallichianum C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: WU Hung Ting miucu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ajtjohnsingh, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.