Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Tiger Kloof, Mutare
Photo: Maureen Silva-Jones
5, Hervey Close, Belvedere
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haslemere Lane, Umwinsidale
Photo: Bart Wursten
Haslemere Lane, Umwinsidale
Photo: Mark Hyde
34, Kent Road, Highlands, Harare
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Synonyms:
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Eugenia jambos L. Jambosa jambos (L.) Millsp.
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Common names:
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Rose apple (English)
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Frequency:
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Local |
Status:
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Cultivated and naturalised |
Description:
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Small to medium-sized tree. Leaves opposite, narrowly lanceolate, dark green. Flowers in branched, axillary heads, creamy-white, showy; petals falling separately; filaments long, c. 4 cm. Fruit up to 4.5 cm in diameter, oval to spherical, yellow when ripe. |
Notes:
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Introduced for its striking flowers and the edible fruit. It is known as an occasional naturalised escape, particularly in the Chirinda Forest. |
Derivation of specific name:
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jambos: from a Malayan name for this species. |
Habitat:
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Worldwide distribution:
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Native to East Asia; naturalised in southern Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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E |
Growth form(s):
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Tree.
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Friday 12 January 2007 |
Literature:
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Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 264.
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 64.
White, F. (1978). Myrtaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 204.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Syzygium jambos. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142400, retrieved 24 March 2023
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