Syzygium chunianum
Wax Jambu
Syzygium samarangense
(Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry Species
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- Botanical name
- Syzygium samarangense
- Also known as
- Java-Apple, Semarang Rose-Apple, Wax Jambu
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Syzygium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Wax Jambu
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Syzygium samarangense but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Eugenia alba
Eugenia javanica var. parviflora
Eugenia javanica var. roxburghiana
Eugenia mindanaensis
Eugenia samarangensis
Eugenia suzukii
Jambosa alba
Jambosa ambigua
Jambosa obtusissima
Jambosa samarangensis
Jambosa samarangensis var. microcarpa
Jambosa samarangensis var. obtusissima
Jambosa suzukii
Jambosa timorensis
Jambosa timorensis var. laxiflora
Myrtus obtusissima
Myrtus samarangensis
Myrtus timorensis
Syzygium samarangense var. parviflorum
Others in Syzygium
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