Syzygium samarangense

Syzygium samarangense is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to an area that includes the Greater Sunda Islands, Malay Peninsula, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but introduced in prehistoric times to a wider area and now widely cultivated in the tropics. Common names in English include wax apple, Java apple, Semarang rose-apple, and wax jambu.

Not to be confused with Malay apple (Syzygium malaccense), or the water apple (Syzygium aqueum).

Syzygium samarangense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Syzygium
Species:
S. samarangense
Binomial name
Syzygium samarangense
Synonyms
  • Myrtus samarangensis Blume
  • Jambosa samarangensis (Blume) DC.
  • Eugenia samarangensis (Blume) O.Berg
  • Myrtus obtusissima Blume
  • Jambosa obtusissima (Blume) DC.
  • Eugenia alba Roxb.
  • Jambosa alba (Roxb.) G.Don
  • Jambosa ambigua Blume
  • Jambosa timorensis Blume
  • Eugenia mindanaensis C.B.Rob.
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