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Details for: Syzygium jambos
Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Name: Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
Nomencl. ref.: in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 115. 1931
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Rosanae
                         Ordo - Myrtales Bercht. & J. Presl
                              Familia - Myrtaceae Juss.
                                   Genus - Syzygium Gaertn.
                                       
Basionym: Eugenia jambos L.
Homotypic synonyms: Eugenia jambos L.
Jambosa jambos (L.) Millsp.
Jambosa vulgaris DC., nom. illeg.
Myrtus jambos (L.) Kunth
Plinia jambos (L.) M. Gómez
Heterotypic synonyms: Eugenia decora Salisb.
Eugenia jamboides Wender.
Eugenia jambosa Crantz
Eugenia malaccensis Blanco, nom. illeg.
Eugenia monantha Merr.
Eugenia vulgaris Baill.
Jambosa palembanica Blume
Syzygium merrillii Masam., nom. superfl.
Syzygium monanthum (Merr.) Merr. & L. M. Perry
Syzygium jambos var. linearilimbum H. T. Chang & R. H. Miao
Eugenia malaccensis f. cericarpa (O. Deg.) H. St. John
Jambosa malaccensis f. cericarpa O. Deg.
Taxon Notes: Widely cultivated for its edible fruits (rose apple).
 
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: [Md]