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Syzygium malaccense

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Identification
Syzygium malaccense (L.)Merr. & L.M. Perry [family MYRTACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for SYZYGIUM malaccense (L.) Merr. & Perry [family MYRTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2001) Author: B Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
SYZYGIUM malaccense (L.) Merr. & Perry [family MYRTACEAE], ,
Eugenia malaccensis L. [family MYRTACEAE], U.O.P.Z.: 253 (1949);
Jambosa malaccensis (L.) DC. [family MYRTACEAE], T.T.C.L.: 378 (1949)
Information
Conical tree 6–18 m tall with dense foliage and smooth flaky bark. Leaves very variable, oblong to elliptic, 16–34 cm long, 5–15 cm wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous; petiole 0.5–1.5 cm long. Flowers crimson in ± sessile clusters on new or old wood. Calyx 1.5 cm long, 8 mm wide with lobes ± round, 5 mm long, 4 mm wide. Petals elliptic, 10 mm long, 8 mm wide, obtuse. Fruit white, yellow, reddish or pink-blotched, obovoid or oblong-pyriform, 2.5–6 cm long, scented, crowned with enlarged green sepals.
Range
Native of India, Malaya (U.O.P.Z.) and Polynesia (T.T.C.L.) now very widely cultivated in the tropics.
Notes
S. malaccense ( L .) Merr. & Perry, the ‘Malay apple’ has been grown in Tanzania (Lushoto District: Amani, 28 Oct. 1928, Greenway 937, & Kiumba, 8 Mar. 1950, Verdcourt 102, & 20 Mar. 1973, Ruffo 668, & Sigi Hort. Station, 23 Mar. 1973, Ruffo 1070; Zanzibar (U.O.P.Z.) and doubtless many other places).

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