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Wax Apple
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Myrtle family: guava & Suriname cherry

Wax Apple

Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWax Apple
DutchDjamboe semarang
Spanish—
Chinese洋蒲桃
Scientific nameSyzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry

About this species

Syzygium samarangense is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to an area that includes the Greater Sunda Islands, Malay Peninsula, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but introduced in prehistoric times to a wider area and now widely cultivated in the tropics. Common names in English include wax apple, Java apple, Semarang rose-apple, and wax jambu.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMyrtales
FamilyMyrtaceae
GenusSyzygium

In Suriname

4Records in Suriname
1900First record
1916Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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