Syzygium rostratum (Blume) A.DC., Prodr. 3 (1828)
Latin for 'beaked', referring to the pointed leaf tips.

Synonyms
Calyptranthus rostrata Blume, Eugenia rostrata (Blume) Burgess, Eugenia tenuicuspis (Miq.) Koord. & Valet., Jambosa tenuicuspis Miq.

Description
Understorey tree up to 16 m tall and 24 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves opposite, simple, penni-veined, secondary veins placed close together, venation inconspicuous, glabrous, leaf tip elongated. Flowers ca. 9 mm diameter, white-yellowish, with protruding stamens, flowers placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 12 mm diameter, green-whitish, fleshy berries.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp, sub-montane and montane forests up to 2700 m altitude. Usually on hillsides and ridges, but also on alluvial sites. On sandy to clay soils, sometimes on ultramafic. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Distribution
Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, East-Kalimantan).

Local names in Borneo
Obah, Ubah.