Myrtaceae
Syzygium
Syzygium samarangense
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Syzygium
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Common names
By language (36)
- Arabic
- رياعة سمارانغية
- Bangla
- জামরুল
- bik
- Makopa
- Bulgarian
- Яванска ябълка
- Burmese
- နှင်းသီး
- Cantonese
- 蓮霧
- Chinese
- 洋蒲桃, 莲雾, 蓮霧, 莲雾根, 天桃, 爪哇蒲桃, 琏雾, 白边洋蒲桃
- Czech
- Hřebíčkovec jávský
- Dutch
- Djamboe semarang, Java appek, Wasappel
- English
- Syzygium, Java rose apple, Samarang rose apple, Wax apple, Chompoo gaem maem, Java apple, Semarang rose-apple, Wax jambu
- Estonian
- Jamalaki-nelgipuu
- Filipino
- Makopa
- Finnish
- Kellojambolaani
- French
- Jamalac
- Hindi
- स्यैज़ीजियम समरांगेंस, जामुन्
- Iloko
- Makopa
- Indonesian
- Jambu semarang
- Japanese
- レンブ, ジャワフトモモ, 蓮霧
- Javanese
- Jambu
- Korean
- 자바애플
- mad
- Jhâmbhu Semarang
- Malay
- Jambu air, Pokok Kerian
- Malayalam
- ചാമ്പ, ഉള്ളിച്ചാമ്പ
- nan
- Lián-bū
- pag
- Makopa
- pam
- Makopa
- Persian
- سیب شمعی
- Polish
- Czapetka samarangijska
- Portuguese
- Jambo
- Russian
- Яванское яблоко
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇၸမ်းပူး
- szy
- Linbu
- Tamil
- நீர்க்குமளி
- Thai
- ชมพู่แก้มแหม่ม
- Turkish
- Balmumu_elma
- Vietnamese
- Roi hoa trắng
Synonyms
- Eugenia alba Roxb.
- Eugenia javanica var. parviflora Craib
- Eugenia javanica var. roxburghiana Duthie
- Eugenia mindanaensis C.B.Rob.
- Eugenia samarangensis (Blume) O.Berg
- Eugenia suzukii Kaneh.
- Jambosa alba (Roxb.) G.Don
- Jambosa ambigua Blume
- Jambosa obtusissima (Blume) DC.
- Jambosa samarangensis (Blume) DC.
- Jambosa samarangensis var. microcarpa Hassk.
- Jambosa samarangensis var. obtusissima (Blume) Blume
- Jambosa suzukii (Kaneh.) Hosok.
- Jambosa timorensis Blume
- Jambosa timorensis var. laxiflora Blume
- Myrtus obtusissima Blume
- Myrtus samarangensis Blume
- Myrtus timorensis Zipp. ex Span.
- Syzygium samarangense var. parviflorum (Craib) Chantar. & J.Parn.
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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.