Taxon: Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston

• the 13 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• jambos   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• Malabar-plum   (Source: Pl Res SEAs ) – English
  
• rose-apple   (Source: F Ceylon ) – English
  
• jamboes   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• jambosier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• pomme rose   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Rosenapfelbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• manzana rosa   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• pomarrosa   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• yambo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• rosenäpple   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: fruit   (fide Pl Book; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius; Reunion; Seychelles
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Mexico
  United States [s.e.]
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: West Indies
  Mesoamerica: Central America
  Western South America: Ecuador - Galapagos Islands
  South America [tropical]

• cultivated in tropics

• probable origin Malesia

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976–. Flores des Mascareignes.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. [with two varieties].
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1981. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 2:427–428.
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 2:296.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Syzygium jambos.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Syzygium jambos.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Syzygium jambos.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Eugenia jambos L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 10 accessions)

Check other web resources for Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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