Syzygium malaccense — Details

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Distribution

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Eugenia macrophylla Lam.:
India (Asia)

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Jambosa malaccensis (L.) DC.:
Brazil (South America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)

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Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M. Perry:
China (Asia)
Colombia (South America)
Venezuela (South America)

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  • Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55: 1–584.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033072 External link.
  • Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2007. Fl. China 13: 1–548. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1031194 External link.
  • Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. 2008. 1–860. In O. Hokche, P. E. Berry & O. Huber Nuevo Cat. Fl. Vasc. Venezuela. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033110 External link.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. 2011. Flora de Antioquia. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Pp. 1-939.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100008595 External link.
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Eugenia malaccensis L.:
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
India (Asia)
Madagascar (Africa & Madagascar)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)

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Eugenia macrophylla O. Berg:
Peru (South America)

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National Distribution

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United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Physical Description

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Trees, to 15 m tall. Branchlets grayish brown when dry, stout, terete. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 16-24 × 6-8 cm, leathery, abaxially yellowish brown when dry, adaxially dark green and not glossy when dry, secondary veins 11-14 on each side of midvein, 1-1.5 cm apart, and at an angle of ca. 45° from midvein, reticulate veins conspicuous, intramarginal veins 3-5 mm from margin and another inconspicuous intramarginal vein ca. 1 mm from margin, base cuneate, apex acute. Inflorescences lateral on older leafless branches, cymes, in 4-9-flowered clusters; peduncle very short. Flowers red, ca. 2.5 cm, stout, ridged. Hypanthium broadly obconic, ca. 1 × 1 cm. Calyx lobes 4, suborbicular, 5-6 × 7-8 mm, apex rounded. Petals rounded, ca. 1 × 1 cm, distinct. Stamens completely distinct, 1-1.3 cm. Style as long as stamens. Fruit ovoid to pot-shaped, ca. 4 cm, 1-seeded. Fl. May or Jan-Feb, fr. Apr-May.
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Eugenia malaccensis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 470. 1753; E. macrophylla Lamarck; Jambosa domestica Blume; J. malaccensis (Linnaeus) Candolle.
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Ecology

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Cultivated but sometimes naturalized in mixed forests in Taiwan and Yunnan [probably native to Malaysia].
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation

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United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

Reasons: Native of Malay peninsula widely planted through the tropics, including West Indies and continental tropical America. Uncommon in southern Florida. Limited chiefly to urban areas in Puerto Rico but occasionally also for windbreaks in rural areas on the moist coast.

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Syzygium malaccense

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"Mountain Apple" redirects here. For the record label, see Mountain Apple Company.

Syzygium malaccense is a species of flowering tree native to Malaysia,[1] Indonesia (Sumatra and Java)[1] and Vietnam. It has been introduced throughout the tropics, including many Caribbean countries and territories, such as Panamá, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.

Syzygium malaccense has a variety of common names. It is known as a Malay rose apple, or simply Malay apple, jambu merah (Malaysian language, meaning "red guava"), jambu bol (Indonesian, meaning "ball guava"), Malay rose apple, Otaheite cashew and pommerac (derived from pomme Malac, meaning "Malaysian apple" in French). Despite the fact that it is sometimes called the otaheite cashew, syzygium malaccense is not related to cashew – an important distinction because cashews may trigger severe allergic reactions[2][3] while syzygium malaccense does not appear to cause allergic reactions.[4]

Highly ambiguous terms, such as "rose apple", "water apple", "mountain apple", pomarrosa or "plum rose" are sometimes used for this plant or its fruit; they can refer to almost any species of Syzygium grown for its fruit. The name "Otaheite apple" is used, too, (in Jamaica), but is better used for the Tahitian apple (Spondias dulcis); "Otaheite" is an obsolete transcription of "Tahiti". Its Hawaiian name is ʻōhiʻa ʻai; in Tonga, it is known as fekika, and in Fiji, kavika; in Palau, it is known as rabotel (Palauan).

The combination of tree, flowers and fruit has been praised as the most beautiful of the Myrtaceae family.[5] The fruit is oblong-shaped and dark red in color, although some varieties have white or pink skins. The flesh is white and surrounds a large seed. Jam is prepared by stewing the flesh with brown sugar and ginger.

Syzygium malaccense Flower
A Ripened Syzygium malaccense whole.
A Ripened Syzygium malaccense cut into half showing the seed.

Malay apple is a strictly tropical tree and will be damaged by freezing temperatures.[6] It thrives in humid climates with an annual rainfall of 152 cm (60 in) or more. It can grow at a variety of altitudes, from sea level up to 2,740 m (8,990 ft). The tree can grow to 12–18 m (39–59 ft) in height. It flowers in early summer, bearing fruit three months afterward. In Costa Rica, it flowers earlier, with ripe fruit in April. Coffee growers use the species to divert birds.

In Hawaii, Syzygium malaccense is called mountain apple. The Polynesians, when they reached the Hawaiian Islands, had brought plants and animals that were important to them. The mountain apple was one of these "canoe plants" that arrived 1000 to 1700 years ago.[7]

Malay apple or Pommerac
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The Fruits in full season in Trinidad and Tobago 
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The Fruits in full season in Trinidad and Tobago 
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The Fruits in full season in Trinidad and Tobago 
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The Fruits in full season in Trinidad and Tobago 
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The Fruits in full season in Trinidad and Tobago 

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L. M. Perry". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2009-11-20. 
  2. ^ Rance. "Cashew allergy: observations of 42 children without associated peanut allergy". 
  3. ^ "cashew". 
  4. ^ "rose-apple". 
  5. ^ Morton, Julia (1987). Fruits of Warm Climates. Florida Flair Books. p. 505. ISBN 978-0-9610184-1-2. 
  6. ^ "Malay Apple". Plant Characteristics. Pine Island Nursery. 
  7. ^ Whistler, W. Arthur (2009). Plants of the canoe people: an ethnobotanical voyage through Polynesia. National Tropical Botanical Garden. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-915809-00-4. 
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This species is commonly cultivated for its fruit in wet-tropical areas around the world and is sometimes naturalized.
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