Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Eugenia malaccensis in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 470 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Syzygium malaccensis (L.) Merr. & L.M. Perry
original Latin diagnosis
Eugenia foliis integerrimis, pedunculis ramosis lateralibus.
English translation
Eugenia with leaf blades entire; [and] with peduncles branched [and] lateral.
| Eugenia | Eugenia |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii |
| entire; | integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with peduncles | pedunculis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun pedunculus, pedunculi |
| branched | ramosis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective ramosus, -a, -um; modifies pedunculis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| lateral. | lateralibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective lateralis, -is, -e; modifies pedunculis |