Myrtaceae
Sea apple
Syzygium grande
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Syzygium
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Common names
By language (7)
- Burmese
- သပြေကြီး
- Chinese
- 少花老挝蒲桃, 老挝蒲桃, 蒲桃种子
- English
- Sea apple
- Indonesian
- Hau dolok
- Malay
- Pokok Kelat Jambu Laut, Pokok Jambu Laut
- Malayalam
- കല്ലുഞാവൽ, Sea Apple, കൽമോനി, പൊരിയൻ
- Thai
- เมา
Synonyms
- Eugenia cymosa Roxb.
- Eugenia grandis Wight
- Eugenia laosensis Gagnep.
- Eugenia laosensis var. quocensis Gagnep.
- Jambosa firma Blume
- Jambosa grandis (Wight) Blume
- Syzygium endertii Merr. & L.M.Perry
- Syzygium firmum (Blume) Thwaites
- Syzygium grande var. parviflorum Chantar. & J.Parn.
- Syzygium laosense (Gagnep.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
- Syzygium laosense var. quocense (Gagnep.) H.T.Chang & R.H.Miao
- Syzygium megalophyllum Merr. & L.M.Perry
- Syzygium montanum Thwaites
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Psumuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Psumuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.