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Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L. M. Perry

Malay apple; Malay rose apple, mountain apple, rose apple, Otaheite apple, pink satin-ash, plumrose; pommerac, Otaheite cashew

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Wasserapfel
English Malay apple; Malay rose apple, mountain apple, rose apple, Otaheite apple, pink satin-ash, plumrose; pommerac, Otaheite cashew
Français Jambosier rouge; Pommier d'amour, Pommier d'eau
Italiano Wasserapfel
Suomi Wasserapfel
Norsk Wasserapfel
Čeština Wasserapfel
Español Manzana malaya; Ohia; Pomarrosa malaya
Svenska Wasserapfel
Polski Wasserapfel
Український Wasserapfel
Român Wasserapfel
Русский Wasserapfel
Български Wasserapfel
EESTI Wasserapfel
日本語 Wasserapfel
Other names Apfeljambuse

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories China (Yunnan); Taiwan; India; Laos; Cambodia; Peninsular Malaysia; Singapore [I]; Viet Nam; Thailand; Java [I]; Myanmar; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka [I]; Philippines [c]; Moluccas [I]; New Guinea [I]; Thailand; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Panama [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); tropical Africa [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Jamaica [I]; Peru [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I]); Haiti [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Bolivia [I]; Ecuador [I]; Belize [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Honduras [I]; Colombia [I]; Cuba [I]; Fiji [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Tahuata [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Moorea [I], Raiatea [I], Bora Bora [I]); Tonga [I] (Tongatapu [I], 'Eua [I], Nomuka [I], Lifuka [I], Vava'u [I]); New Caledonia [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Seychelles [I]; Palau [I] (Babeldaob [I], Koror [I]); American Samoa [I] (Manua Isl. [I], Tutuila [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Niue [I]; Palau [I] (Koror [I], Yap [I], Truk [I], Tol [I], Pohnpei [I], Kosrae [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Saipan [I]); Guam [I]; Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Makatea Isl. [I]); [Western] Samoa [I] (Savaii [I], Upolu [I]); Austral Isl. [I] (Tubuai [I]); Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Venezuela [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Myrtaceae
Genus Syzygium
Species malaccense
Author citation (L.) Merr. & L. M. Perry
Scientific name Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L. M. Perry

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Malay apple;  Malay rose apple, mountain apple, rose apple, Otaheite apple, pink satin-ash, plumrose;  pommerac, Otaheite cashew

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Malay apple;  Malay rose apple, mountain apple, rose apple, Otaheite apple, pink satin-ash, plumrose;  pommerac, Otaheite cashew

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Malay apple;  Malay rose apple, mountain apple, rose apple, Otaheite apple, pink satin-ash, plumrose;  pommerac, Otaheite cashew

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Malay apple;  Malay rose apple, mountain apple, rose apple, Otaheite apple, pink satin-ash, plumrose;  pommerac, Otaheite cashew

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Malay apple;  Malay rose apple, mountain apple, rose apple, Otaheite apple, pink satin-ash, plumrose;  pommerac, Otaheite cashew

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson