Myrtaceae
Watery roseapple
Syzygium aqueum
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Syzygium
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Common names
By language (23)
- Bangla
- জামরুল
- bjn
- Jambu aér
- Chinese
- 蓮霧, 水莲雾, 水蓊, 水蓮霧
- dtp
- Bunahau
- Dutch
- Djamboe aer
- English
- Watery roseapple, Bell fruit, Jambu air, Lau lau, Water apple, Water cherry, Watery rose apple
- Filipino
- Makopa, Macopa
- Finnish
- Kellojambolaani
- Indonesian
- Jambu air
- Japanese
- ミズレンブ, 水蓮霧
- Javanese
- Jambu
- kge
- Jambu Uway
- mad
- Kalampok
- Malay
- Jambu air, Buah jambu air, Pokok Jambu Air
- Malayalam
- ചാമ്പ, ഉള്ളി ചാമ്പ, ഉള്ളിച്ചാമ്പ, ചാമ്പക്ക
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- Jambu
- nan
- Lián-bū
- nia
- Samba
- Polish
- Czapetka wodnista, Czapetka indyjska
- Russian
- Водяное яблоко
- Sundanese
- Jambu air, Jambu cai, Jambu aér
- Telugu
- వాటర్ ఆపిల్
- Thai
- ชมพู่ป่า
Synonyms
- Cerocarpus aqueus (Burm.f.) Hassk.
- Eugenia aquea Burm.f.
- Eugenia callophylla (Miq.) Reinw. ex de Vriese
- Eugenia javanica Lam.
- Eugenia nodiflora Aubl.
- Eugenia obversa Miq.
- Jambosa aquea (Burm.f.) DC.
- Jambosa calophylla Miq.
- Jambosa javanica (Lam.) K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Jambosa madagascariensis Blume
- Jambosa subsessilis Miq.
- Malidra aquea (Burm.f.) Raf.
- Myrtus javanica (Lam.) Blume
- Syzygium javanicum (Lam.) Masam.
- Syzygium obversum (Miq.) Masam.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Min Khant Naing, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Shijan Kaakkara, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Shijan Kaakkara, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paras, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.