Syzygium guineense (Bambara: Kokisa) is an evergreen leafy forest tree of the family Myrtaceae, found in many parts of Africa both wild and domesticated.

The trunk is broad and fluted and the crown rounded and heavy, with a bark that is smooth when young, but becomes rough and black with age.

The flowers of S. guineense have white, showy stamens, in dense branched heads 10 centimeters across, yielding a honey-sweet smell that attracts many insects.

Syzygium guineense ranges widely through sub-Saharan Africa, and is also present in the southwestern Arabian Peninsula.

[6] White identified three other subspecies – bamendae, obovatum, and occidentale – which Plants of the World Online considers a separate species, Syzygium staudtii.