Eugenia flavescens

Shrubs 0.35 – 15 m. Twigs glabrous or sparsely pubescent, the indumentum whitish. Leaves with petioles 2 – 7 mm long, glabrous, channeled; blades elliptic to broadly so, or oblong, 4.3 – 7 × 1.3 – 3.4 cm, glabrous, chartaceous or coriaceous, concolorous; glands conspicuous; base cuneate or rounded; apex acute, acuminate or long acuminate; midvein adaxially flat to prominent; lateral veins visible and slightly elevated, not arched, 6 to 12 pairs; intra-marginal vein 1 – 2 mm from the margin, margin flat. Inflorescence cauliflorous, a fascicle, the axis absent or 1 – 1.5 mm long, glabrous; bracts orbicular, 0.7 × 1.5 mm, glabrous, persistent in the fruit; pedicels 2 – 5 mm long, glabrous; bracteoles orbicular, 0.5 × 0.7 mm, glabrous, persistent in the fruit; flower buds globose, 3 × 4 mm, not constricted above ovary; calyx-lobes free, four, deltate or orbicular, 0.5 – 2 × 1 – 1.5 mm, glabrous, not reflexed, persistent in the fruit; ovary 2 - locular. Immature fruit globose, 0.4 – 0.6 × 0.2 – 0.9 cm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, surface marked with glands.

Phenology: — Flowering from January to April and June and fruiting in July.