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Decaspermum paniculatwh Kurz. A shrub or small tree, flowers 

 white. Common in thickets and woods. Bukit Timah, 

 Bukit Mandai, Jurong, Chan Clm Kang. 



Eugenia. This genus of trees, probably the largest one known, 

 is a \ery 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 flowers. Those with 

 large flowers and fruits are usually known as Jambu, by 

 the Malays, those with smaller flowers, as Kelat, 



(E. (Sect. Jambosa) Mala<:ctii4-< L. "Jambu Bol." Flowers 

 large brilliant pink, fruit large white or pink, eatable. 

 Cultivated.) 



(E. aquea Burm. " Jambu Ayer Mawar." Flowers white, fruit 

 semitransparent rose or white, ea'en. Cultivated). 



(E. Jambos L. Flowers white. Cultivated). 



E. densijlora De C. Flowers pink, fruit globular pinkish, not 

 rare, Changi, Siglap, Bukit Mandai, Bukit Timah road. 



E. grandis Wight. " Jambu Ayer Laut." " Kriau." 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. 



E- (Syzygium) cymosa Lam. " Keiat Merah." Small tree, flowers 



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