Syzygium buxifolium

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Myrtaceae}}

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|image=小葉赤楠 Syzygium buxifolium -香港雲泉仙館 Ping Che, Hong Kong- (9229880252).jpg

|image_caption=Close-up of flowers

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|image2_caption=In fruit

|genus=Syzygium

|species=buxifolium

|authority=Hook. & Arn.

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• Eugenia microphylla {{small|C.Abel}}
• Eugenia pyxophylla {{small|Hance}}
• Eugenia sinensis {{small|Hemsl.}}
• Eugenia somae {{small|Hayata}}
• Syllysium buxifolium {{small|(Hook. & Arn.) Meyen & S.Schauer}}
• Syzygium buxifolium var. verticillatum {{small|C.Chen}}
• Syzygium somae {{small|(Hayata) Mori}}

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Syzygium buxifolium, the boxleaf eugenia or fish-scale bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to northern Vietnam, southern China, Hainan, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, and southern Kyushu, Japan.{{cite POWO |id=601489-1 |title=Syzygium buxifolium Hook. & Arn. |access-date=2 December 2022 }} A shrub or small tree, it is suitable for hedges, containers, and bonsai.{{cite web |url=https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/2/2/2256 |title=Syzygium buxifolium Hooker & Arnott |author= |date=15 February 2022 |website=nparks.gov.sg |publisher=Flora Fauna Web |access-date=2 December 2022 }} It is used as a street tree in a number of southern Chinese cities.{{cite journal |title=The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities |year=2020 |last1=Ossola |first1=Alessandro |last2=Hoeppner |first2=Malin J. |last3=Burley |first3=Hugh M. |last4=Gallagher |first4=Rachael V. |last5=Beaumont |first5=Linda J. |last6=Leishman |first6=Michelle R. |journal=Global Ecology and Biogeography |volume=29 |issue=11 |pages=1907–1914 |doi=10.1111/geb.13169 |bibcode=2020GloEB..29.1907O |s2cid=225429443 }}

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