Syzygium myrtifolium

Syzygium myrtifolium, the red lip or kelat oil, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae.^[2] It is native to Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the Philippines.^[1] A shrub or dense tree from 2 to 20 m (7 to 66 ft) tall, it is typically found in coastal areas, lowlands, and other wet tropical situations.^[2] 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.^[2][3]

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  Flowers can be white, cream, or yellow, with a pink cultivar available
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  A cultivar with red young leaves
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  Even as a seedling, younger shoots are red
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  Bronze young leaves
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  Yellow young leaves
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  Syzygium myrtifolium in containers
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  In fruit
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  Fruit are black when fully ripe
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  Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) hiding amongst the branches
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  Bole of a large specimen

Syzygium myrtifolium
In a park, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Syzygium
Species:	S. myrtifolium
Binomial name
Syzygium myrtifolium Walp.
Synonyms[1]
List Eugenia myrtifolia Roxb. Eugenia oleina Wight Eugenia parva C.B.Rob. Eugenia sinubanensis Elmer Syzygium campanellum Miq. Syzygium campanulatum Korth. Syzygium campanulatum var. longistylum Chantar. & J.Parn. Syzygium sinubanense (Elmer) Diels