Eugenia uniflora Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 470. 1753.

"Habitat in India ." RCN: 3599.

Lectotype (McVaugh in Taxon 5: 140. 1956): [icon] " Eugenia Indica, Myrti folio, deciduo, flore albo, fructu suave rubente, molli, leviter sulcato, & odoro" in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: 226, t. 108. 1729.

Generitype of Eugenia Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 158. 1929).

Current name: Eugenia uniflora L. ( Myrtaceae).