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Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston

Rose apple

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Rosenapfel
English Rose apple
Français Pomme rose
Italiano Rosenapfel
Suomi Rosenapfel
Norsk Rosenapfel
Čeština Rosenapfel
Español Rosenapfel
Svenska Rosenapfel
Polski Rosenapfel
Український Rosenapfel
Român Rosenapfel
Русский Rosenapfel
Български Rosenapfel
EESTI Rosenapfel
日本語 Rosenapfel
Other names Jambo; Jambosier; Malabar plum; Pomarrosa;

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan); Cambodia; India; Nepal; Bangladesh; Peninsular Malaysia; Singapore [I]; Viet Nam; Java; Laos; Thailand; Philippines [I]; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Maldives [I]; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Costa Rica [I]; tropical Africa [I]; Annobon Isl. [I]; Guinea [I]; Benin [I]; Somalia [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Principe Isl. [I]; São Tomé [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Mozambique [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Jamaica [I]; Mexico [I]; Peru [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Belize [I]; Brazil [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Cuba [I]; Honduras [I]; Panama [I]; Haiti [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Seychelles [I]; Ecuador [I]; Galapagos [I]; St. Martin/St. Maarten [I]; Antigua [I]; Saba [I]; St. Eustatius [I]; St. Kitts [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Marie-Galante [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Grenada [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; Colombia [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; New Caledonia [I]; S-Cook Isl.; Fiji; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Bolivia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I]); Tonga [I] (Vava'u [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Guam [I]; Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Makatea Isl. [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Hiva Oa [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Vanuatu [I]; Niue [I]; [Western] Samoa [I]; Austral Isl. [I] (Tubuai [I]); Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Rodrigues [I]; Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I]); Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Rotuma Isl. [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Nicobar Isl. [I]; Myanmar [I]; India [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Pakistan [I]; USA [I] (Florida [I])
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Myrtaceae
Genus Syzygium
Species jambos
Author citation (L.) Alston
Scientific name Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Rose apple

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Rose apple

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Rose apple

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson