Eugenia cinerea Kurz, Prelim. Rep. Forest Veg. Pegu, App. A, 64, App. B, 50. 1875.

Trees, to 8 m tall. Branchlets gray when dry, terete. Petiole 5-8 mm; leaf blade obovate, 7-10 × 3-4.5 cm, leathery, abaxally brownish when dry, adaxially grayish brown and not glossy when dry, secondary veins 7-9 on each side of midvein, 6-9 mm apart, at an angle of ca. 45° from midvein, abaxially raised, and adaxially slightly impressed, reticulate veins inconspicuous, intramarginal veins ca. 2.5 mm from margin, base turning narrow, apex rounded to obtuse. Inflorescences terminal, paniculate cymes, 3-7 cm. Flower buds obconic. Hypanthium ca. 3.5 mm. Calyx lobes 4, shallow wavy. Petals 4, coherent, ovate and slightly rounded, ca. 2 mm. Stamens 1.5-2 mm; anthers small. Style ca. 1 mm. Fruit red when ripe, globose, 6-8 mm in diam. Fl. Apr-May.

Thickets, hilly areas. S Guangxi [Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam].