Syzygium chunianum
Malabar Plum
Syzygium jambos
(L.) Alston Species
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- Botanical name
- Syzygium jambos
- Also known as
- Jambos, Malabar Plum, Malabar-Plum, Plum Rose, Rose Apple, Rose-Apple
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Syzygium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Malabar Plum
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Syzygium jambos but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Eugenia decora
Eugenia jamboides
Eugenia jambos
Eugenia jambosa
Eugenia malaccensis
Eugenia malaccensis
Eugenia malaccensis f. cericarpa
Eugenia monantha
Eugenia vulgaris
Jambosa jambos
Jambosa leptostachya
Jambosa malaccensis f. cericarpa
Jambosa palembanica
Jambosa vulgaris
Myrtus jambos
Plinia jambos
Syzygium jambos var. jambos
Syzygium jambos var. linearilimbum
Syzygium leptostachyum
Syzygium merrillii
Syzygium monanthum
Others in Syzygium
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