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Decaspermum paniculatum Kurz. A shrab or small tree, flowers 
white. Common ijn thickets and woods. Bukit ‘Timah, 
Bukit Mandai, Jurong, Chan Chu Kane, 
Eugenia. This genus of trees, probably the largest one known, 
is a very difficult one, and the identification of many of 
the species in this list must be somewhat doubtful at 
present. All in Singapore are trees of no very great size, 
with white, pink or rarely green Howers. Those with 
large fowers and fruits are usually known as Jambu, by 
the Malays, those with smaller flowers, as Kelat, 
(E. (Sect. Janbosa) Maluccensis L. “Jambu Bol.” Flowers 
large brilliant pink, fruit large white or pink, eatable. 
Cultivated.) 
(£. aquea Burm, “ Jambu Ayer Mawar.” Flowers white, fruit 
semitransparent rose or white, eafen, Cultivated). 
(EF. Jambos L. Flowers white. Cultivated). 
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E. densiflora Ve C. Flowers pink, fruit globular pinkish, not 
rare, Changi, Siglap, Bukit Mandai, Bukit Timah road. 
E. grandis Wight. “Jambu Ayer Laut.” “ Krian.” Common 
on the sea coast and planted along the roads. A big tree 
flowers white. Wild, at Bajau, Changi. 
E. lepidocarpa Wight. ‘Samak Tebrau.” Big tree, flowers 
white; bark used for tanning nets. Common on the sea 
coast and inland. Tanglin, Bajau, Kranji, Changi. 
E. filiformis Wall. ‘“ Kelat Lapis.” Small tree with small white 
flowers on long pedicels, common in woods. Garden 
Jungle, Changi, Selitar, Tanjong Gol. 
E. inophylla Roxb. ‘Samak Paya.” Chan Chu Kang. 
E. pendens Duthie. Dense woods, Bukit Timah. 
E, Helferi Duthie. “Singapore Lobb.” Not seen; probably 
from Penang. 
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E (Syzygium) cymosa Lam. ‘ Kelat Merah.” Small tree, flowers 
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