Syzygium myrtifolium

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| image = Syzygium myrtifolium at Taman Seksyen 6 Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya 20230812 092252.jpg

| image_caption = In a park, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

| image2 = "+arya+" Syzygium myrtifolium - daun pucuk merah - 2020 1.jpg

| image2_caption = Flowers

| genus = Syzygium

| species = myrtifolium

| authority = Walp.

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• Eugenia myrtifolia {{small|Roxb.}}
• Eugenia oleina {{small|Wight}}
• Eugenia parva {{small|C.B.Rob.}}
• Eugenia sinubanensis {{small|Elmer}}
• Syzygium campanellum {{small|Miq.}}
• Syzygium campanulatum {{small|Korth.}}
• Syzygium campanulatum var. longistylum {{small|Chantar. & J.Parn.}}
• Syzygium sinubanense {{small|(Elmer) Diels}}

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Syzygium myrtifolium, the red lip or kelat oil, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae.{{cite web |url=https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/3/1/3156 |title=Syzygium myrtifolium (Roxb.) Walp. |author= |date=19 August 2022 |website=nparks.gov.sg |publisher=Flora Fauna Web |access-date=5 July 2024 |quote=Common Name: Kelat Oil, Kelat Paya, Red Lip, 红楠木 }} It is native to Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the Philippines.{{cite POWO |id=60445221-2 |title=Syzygium myrtifolium Walp. |access-date=5 July 2024 }} A shrub or dense tree from {{cvt|2|to|20|m|ft|0}} tall, it is typically found in coastal areas, lowlands, and other wet tropical situations. It has found use as a garden, street, and landscaping shrub or tree, due to its colorful young leaves, amenability to pruning (including topiary), and fragrant flowers.{{cite web |url=https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Syzygium+myrtifolium |title=Useful Tropical Plants Syzygium myrtifolium |last1=Fern |first1=Ken |date=20 July 2022 |website=tropical.theferns.info |publisher=Tropical Plants Database |access-date=5 July 2024 }}

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|"+arya+" Syzygium myrtifolium ꦒꦺꦴꦝꦺꦴꦁ ꦥꦸꦕꦸꦏ꧀ ꦲꦧꦁ pucuk merah Pilangsari 2019.jpg|Flowers can be white, cream, or yellow, with a pink cultivar available

|Pohon Pucuk Merah.jpg|A cultivar with red young leaves

|Red shoots (Syzygium myrtifolium) Maligano Buton Island.jpg|Even as a seedling, younger shoots are red

|Syzygium myrtifolium at Taman Seksyen 6 Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya 20230812 092118.jpg|Bronze young leaves

|Pucuk merah Syzygium Oleina.jpg|Yellow young leaves

|Tumbuhan Pucuk Merah.jpg|Syzygium myrtifolium in containers

|"+arya+' Buah pohon pucuk merah - Pilangsari 2020 1.jpg|In fruit

|"+arya+" Syzygium myrtifolium ꦒꦺꦴꦝꦺꦴꦁ ꦥꦸꦕꦸꦏ꧀ ꦲꦧꦁ pucuk merah Pilangsari 2019 0.jpg|Fruit are black when fully ripe

|"Arya" Calotes versicolor.jpg|Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) hiding amongst the branches

|Syzygium Myrtifolium at Tasik Y Recreational Park.jpg|Bole of a large specimen

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