Syzygium havilandii (Merr.) Merr. & Perry, Mem. Amer. Ac. 18 (1939)
Named after G.D. Haviland [1857-1901], a British physician and plant collector in Sarawak.

Synonyms
Eugenia havilandii Merr.

Description
Upper canopy tree up to 50 m tall and 70 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves opposite, simple, penni-veined, venation inconspicuous, glabrous. Flowers ca. 8 mm diameter, white, with protruding stamens, flowers in panicles. Fruits ca. 16 mm diameter, green-yellowish, fleshy berries.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp, keranga, (peat)-swamp and sub-montane forests up to 1330 m altitude. Often on alluvial sites, but also common on hillsides and ridges. Usually on poor sandy soils, but also on clay. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, Central-, South- and East-Kalimantan).

Local names in Borneo
Obah, Ubah, Ubah kelabu, Ubah lapit.