Syzygium jambos(L.) Alston

Malabar plum

WFO wfo-0000318809 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Syzygium jambos, photographed by 雲一百香果
fig. a 雲一百香果, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-08 / obs. 195906606
Syzygium jambos, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190612013
Syzygium jambos, photographed by Ben
fig. c Ben, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155833135
Syzygium jambos, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 140350370
Syzygium jambos, photographed by 葉子
fig. e 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 139687594
Syzygium jambos, photographed by 葉子
fig. f 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 58689388
Syzygium jambos, photographed by 葉子
fig. g 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 35093786
Syzygium jambos, photographed by Dr. Guido Bohne
fig. h Dr. Guido Bohne, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 41090825

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Syzygium jambos is native: China South-Central, Borneo, Cambodia, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralBorneoCambodiaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarSumateraThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Syzygium jambos, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Borneo BOR ASIA-TROPICAL
Cambodia CBD
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 21 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Eugenia decora Salisb.
  • Eugenia jamboides Wender.
  • Eugenia jambos L.
  • Eugenia jambosa Crantz
  • Eugenia malaccensis Blanco
  • Eugenia malaccensis Lour.
  • Eugenia malaccensis f. cericarpa (O.Deg.) H.St.John
  • Eugenia monantha Merr.
  • Eugenia vulgaris Baill.
  • Jambosa jambos (L.) Millsp.
  • Jambosa leptostachya Blume
  • Jambosa malaccensis f. cericarpa O.Deg.
  • Jambosa palembanica Blume
  • Jambosa vulgaris DC.
  • Myrtus jambos (L.) Kunth
  • Plinia jambos (L.) M.Gómez
  • Syzygium jambos var. jambos
  • Syzygium jambos var. linearilimbum H.T.Chang & R.H.Miao
  • Syzygium leptostachyum (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Syzygium merrillii Masam.
  • Syzygium monanthum (Merr.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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