少花老挝蒲桃 shao hua lao wo pu tao

Eugenia laosensis Gagnepain var. quocensis Gagnepain, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 327. 1918.

Trees, 3-10 m tall. Branchlets grayish brown when dry, terete. Petiole 5-7 mm; leaf blade ovate-oblong to oblong, 11-17 × 4-6 cm, thinly leathery, abaxially brownish when dry, adaxially grayish brown when dry, secondary veins 8-12 on each side of midvein, 0.8-1.2 cm apart, and at an angle of ca. 55° from midvein, reticulate veins abaxially conspicuous, intramarginal veins 3-4 mm from margin, abaxially slightly raised, and adaxially slightly visible, base broadly cuneate and slightly oblique, apex acuminate and with an obtuse cusp. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, paniculate cymes, 6-7 cm, branches lax and long. Flower buds ovoid, ca. 1 cm. Hypanthium semiglobose, ca. 7 mm, shortly stipitate. Calyx lobes 4, semiorbicular, ca. 3 × 5 mm, apex rounded. Petals 4, distinct, suborbicular, 4-5 mm. Stamens as long as petals. Style 7-8 mm. Fl. Apr-Nov.

Evergreen forests; low elevations. S Yunnan [Cambodia, Vietnam].

Syzygium laosense var. laosense is endemic to Laos and differs from var. quocense in having longer inflorescences with more flowers.