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Syzygium malaccense
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium malaccense (L) Merr. & Perry, J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 215. 1938; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 290. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 365. 2009.
Eugenia malaccensis L., Sp. Pl. 470. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 471. 1878.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chuvannachamba, Pananeerjamba, Pomerac
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Malay Apple, Macopa, Manzana, Otaheite Apple, Pomarosa
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high; bark grey-brown, smooth; branchlets terete-compressed. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 8-15 mm, stout, grooved above; lamina 16-34 x 5-13 cm, elliptic; base cuneate, coriaceous, glabrous, glossy, gland dotted; lateral nerves 10-15 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, looped near the margin forming intramarginal nerves, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, large; calyx tube 1.5 cm; lobes round, unequal; petals large, glandular, suborbicular; stamens 2 cm, many, bent inwards in middle when in bud; ovary inferior, 2-celled, ovules many; style long. Fruit a berry, large, to 5 x 3 cm.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Malaysia, cultivated in other parts of Tropical Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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