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Taxon:  Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L. M. Perry



Summary
Genus:
Syzygium
Family:
Myrtaceae
Subfamily:
Myrtoideae
Tribe:
Syzygieae
Nomen number:
70774
Place of publication:
J. Arnold Arbor. 19:215. 1938
Verified:
07/28/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Caryophyllus malaccensis (L.) Stokes

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eugenia malaccensis L.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1981. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980- 2:428-429.
  3. Elevitch, C. R., ed. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource). Note: http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Syzygium-Malayapple.pdf
  4. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: Kampong Publications
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Syzygium+malaccense&quantity=1
  6. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  7. Hyland, B. P. M. 1983. A revision of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Austral. J. Bot. suppl. ser. 9:102.
  8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
  9. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  10. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
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  13. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
  14. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 2:292. http://proseanet.org
  15. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
Malay-apple –
mountain-apple –
Otaheite-apple –
pink satin-ash –
pomerac –
rose-apple –
French
jamboissier rouge –
poirier de Malaque –
pomme malac –
German
Malakka-Apfel –
Malayapfel –
Indonesian
jambu bol –
Malay
jambu bol –
Spanish
manzana de agua –
pomarrosa de Malaca –
Swedish
malajäpple –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia Malaya
2Cultivated    also cult. in tropics
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere in tropics
6Other    exact native range obscure
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Java, Sumatra], Malaysia (Malaya)
Cultivated (also cult. in tropics)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere in tropics)
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Human food


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