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Syzygium is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae

The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of dicotyledon plants, placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtus, clove, guava, feijoa, allspice, and eucalyptus belong here....
. The genus comprises about 1100 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
 and Madagascar
Madagascar

Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....
 through southern Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 east through the Pacific
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
. Its highest levels of diversity occur from Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
 to northeastern Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, where many species are very poorly known and many more have not been described taxonomically. Some of the edible species of Syzygium are planted throughout the tropics worldwide.






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Syzygium is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae

The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of dicotyledon plants, placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtus, clove, guava, feijoa, allspice, and eucalyptus belong here....
. The genus comprises about 1100 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
 and Madagascar
Madagascar

Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....
 through southern Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 east through the Pacific
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
. Its highest levels of diversity occur from Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
 to northeastern Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, where many species are very poorly known and many more have not been described taxonomically. Some of the edible species of Syzygium are planted throughout the tropics worldwide. At times Syzygium was confused taxonomically with the genus Eugenia
Eugenia

Eugenia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It has a worldwide, although highly uneven, distribution in tropical and subtropical regions....
 (ca. 1000 species), but the latter genus has its highest specific diversity in the neotropics. Syzygium and Eugenia are among the most poorly known of the large (> 500 species) genera of vascular plant
Vascular plant

Vascular plants are those plants that have lignin tissue for conducting water, minerals, and photosynthetic products through the plant. Vascular plants include the ferns, clubmosses, flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms....
s.

Most species are evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
 tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s and shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s. Several species are grown as ornamental plants for their attractive glossy foliage, and a few produce edible fruit that are eaten fresh or used in jams and jellies, although the most economically important species is the clove
Clove

Cloves are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. Cloves are native to Indonesia and used as a spice in cuisine all over the world....
 Syzygium aromaticum, of which the unopened flower
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
 buds are an important spice
Spice

A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, leaf, or vegetable used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for the purpose of flavor, color, or as a preservative that kills harmful bacteria or prevents their growth....
.

Selected species
  • Syzygium ampliflorum
    Syzygium ampliflorum

    Syzygium ampliflorum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Indonesia. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  • Syzygium amplifolium
    Syzygium amplifolium

    Syzygium amplifolium is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Fiji. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  • Syzygium andamanicum
    Syzygium andamanicum

    Syzygium andamanicum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India. It is threatened by habitat loss.Source...
  • Syzygium anisatum
  • Syzygium aqueum
    Syzygium aqueum

    Syzygium aqueum is a species of brush cherry tree. Its common names include Water Cherry, and Watery Rose Apple; names like "water apple" and "bell fruit" may refer to any species of Syzygium grown for its fruit....
     (Water Apple, Bell fruit, Water cherry, Watery rose apple)
  • Syzygium australe
    Syzygium australe

    Syzygium australe, commonly called Brush Cherry or Scrub Cherry, is a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia. It can attain a height of up to 35 m with a diameter of 60 cm....
     (Brush Cherry
    Brush cherry

    The magenta lilly pilly , also known by the common name magenta cherry, is a broad dense bushy rainforest tree native to New South Wales. It grows to a height of 15 m with trunk diameter up to 35 cm....
     (Aust.))
  • Syzygium aromaticum (Clove
    Clove

    Cloves are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. Cloves are native to Indonesia and used as a spice in cuisine all over the world....
    )
  • Syzygium beddomei
    Syzygium beddomei

    Syzygium beddomei is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India....
  • Syzygium benthamianum
    Syzygium benthamianum

    Syzygium benthamianum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India....
  • Syzygium bourdillonii
    Syzygium bourdillonii

    Syzygium bourdillonii is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  • Syzygium caryophyllatum
    Syzygium caryophyllatum

    Syzygium caryophyllatum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium chavaran
    Syzygium chavaran

    Syzygium chavaran is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India....
  • Syzygium cordatum
    Syzygium cordatum

    Syzygium cordatum is an evergreen, water-loving tree, which grows to a height of 8-15 m. This tree is often found near streams, on forest margins or in swampy spots....
     (Hute, Waterbessie, umdoni, water berry, umSwi)
  • Syzygium corynanthum
    Syzygium corynanthum

    Syzygium corynanthum is a common Australian tree, growing from near Taree, New South Wales to tropical Queensland. Common names include Sour Cherry and Killarney Satinash....
     (Sour cherry)
  • Syzygium corynocarpa (A.Gray) C.Muell.
  • Syzygium courtallense
    Syzygium courtallense

    Syzygium courtallense is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  • Syzygium crebrinerve
    Syzygium crebrinerve

    Syzygium crebrinerve is a fairly common Australian tree, growing from near Taree, New South Wales to Calliope in Queensland. Common names include Purple Cherry, Rose Satinash, and Black Water Gum....
      (Purple cherry)
  • Syzygium cumini (Jambul
    Jambul

    Jambul is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae, native to India, Pakistan and Indonesia. It is also known as Jamun, Nerale Hannu, Jamblang, Jambolan, Black Plum, Damson Plum, Duhat Plum, Jambolan Plum, Java Plum or Portuguese Plum....
    , Jambolan, Black plum, Damson plum, Duhat plum, Jambolan plum, Java plum, Malabar plum, Portuguese plum)
  • Syzygium curanii (Lipote)
  • Syzygium cyclophyllum
    Syzygium cyclophyllum

    Syzygium cyclophyllum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium densiflorum
    Syzygium densiflorum

    Syzygium densiflorum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India....
  • Syzygium diffusum
    Syzygium diffusum

    Syzygium diffusum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Fiji....
  • Syzygium discophorum
    Syzygium discophorum

    Syzygium discophorum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Indonesia. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  • Syzygium erythrocalyx
    Syzygium erythrocalyx

    Syzygium erythrocalyx, commonly known as Johnstone River satinash, is a rainforest tree native to North Queensland, Australia. The tree is up to 30 ft in height, with large, broad elliptical leaves to 20 cm long, prominent veined, and red new growth....
     (Johnstones River Satinash)
  • Syzygium fergusonii
  • Syzygium fibrosum
    Syzygium fibrosum

    Syzygium fribrosum is a rainforest tree native to monsoon forests of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.Leaves are opposite, smooth, leathery, elliptic, 5.5-11 cm long and 3.5-55 cm wide....
  • Syzygium fijiense
    Syzygium fijiense

    Syzygium fijiense is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Fiji....
  • Syzygium forte (White Apple)
  • Syzygium francisii
    Syzygium francisii

    Syzygium francisii is a common Australian tree, growing from near Morisset, New South Wales to Gladstone, Queensland. Common names include Giant Water Gum, Rose Satinash, and Francis Water Gum....
      (Giant water gum)
  • Syzygium gambleanum
    Syzygium gambleanum

    Syzygium gambleanum was a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It was Endemism to India. It became extinct due to habitat loss....
  • Syzygium gracilipes
  • Syzygium guehoi
    Syzygium guehoi

    Syzygium guehoi is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Mauritius. Its natural habitat is rocky areas....
  • Syzygium guineese
    Syzygium guineese

    Syzgium guineense is a leafy forest tree of the Myrtaceae family, found in many parts of Africa both wild and domesticated. Both its fruits and leaves are edible; the pulp and the fruit skin are sucked and the seed discarded....
     (Waterberry)
  • Syzygium hodgkinsoniae (Red lilly pilly)
  • Syzygium jambos (Roseapple, Malabar plum, Plum rose, Rose apple, Water apple)
  • Syzygium luehmannii
    Syzygium luehmannii

    Syzygium luehmannii is a medium sized coastal rainforest tree. Common names include Riberry, Small Leaved Lilli Pilli, Cherry Satinash, Cherry Alder, or Clove Lilli Pilli....
     (Riberry, Cherry Satinash)
  • Syzygium maire
  • Syzygium malaccense (Malay Apple
    Malay Apple

    Malacca Apple is native to Malaysia but has been introduced throughout the tropics, including many Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad and Tobago....
    , Malacca apple, Malay rose apple, Mountain apple, Otaheite cashew, Rose apple, Water apple)
  • Syzygium makul
    Syzygium makul

    Syzygium makul is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium manii
    Syzygium manii

    Syzygium manii is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  • Syzygium micranthum
    Syzygium micranthum

    Syzygium micranthum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium microphyllum
    Syzygium microphyllum

    Syzygium microphyllum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  • Syzygium minus
    Syzygium minus

    Syzygium minus is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Fiji....
  • Syzygium moorei
    Syzygium moorei

    Syzygium moorei is a rare sub tropical rainforest tree, growing on volcanic soils in the Mount Warning area of north east New South Wales and south east Queensland, Australia....
      (Coolamon)
  • Syzygium myhendrae
    Syzygium myhendrae

    Syzygium myhendrae is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India....
  • Syzygium neesianum
    Syzygium neesianum

    Syzygium neesianum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium occidentale
    Syzygium occidentale

    Syzygium occidentale is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India....
  • Syzygium oleosum
    Syzygium oleosum

    Syzygium oleosum, commonly known as the Blue Lilly Pilly, is a species of Syzygium native to eastern Australian rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests....
     Blue Lilly Pilly
  • Syzygium oliganthum
    Syzygium oliganthum

    Syzygium oliganthum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium palghatense
    Syzygium palghatense

    Syzygium palghatense is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India. It is threatened by habitat loss.Source...
  • Syzygium paniculatum (Magenta lillypilly (Aust.))
  • Syzygium parameswaranii
    Syzygium parameswaranii

    Syzygium parameswaranii is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India....
  • Syzygium phaeophyllum
    Syzygium phaeophyllum

    Syzygium phaeophyllum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Fiji....
  • Syzygium phyllyraeoides
    Syzygium phyllyraeoides

    Syzygium phyllyraeoides is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium polyanthum (Indian bay leaf
    Bay leaf

    Bay leaf , Greek Daphni, Romanian Dafin, Portuguese Louro; is the aromatic leaf of several species of the Laurel family . Fresh or dried bay leaves are used in cooking for their distinctive flavor and fragrance....
    , Indonesian bay leaf, Salam leaf, daun salam, Indonesian laurel)
  • Syzygium pondoense
    Syzygium pondoense

    Syzygium pondoense is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to South Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  • Syzygium purpureum
    Syzygium purpureum

    Syzygium purpureum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Fiji....
  • Syzygium quadrangulatum (A.Gray) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Syzygium ramavarma
    Syzygium ramavarma

    Syzygium ramavarma is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India....
  • Syzygium richii (A.Gray) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Syzygium rotundifolium
    Syzygium rotundifolium

    Syzygium rotundifolium is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium samarangense
    Syzygium samarangense

    Syzygium samarangense is a species in the Myrtaceae, native to Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. Common names include wax apple, love apple, java apple, Chomphu , Bellfruit , jambu air , water apple, mountain apple, jambu air , wax jambu, Rose apple, bell fruit,...
     (Java Apple, Makopa, Java rose apple, Samarang rose apple, Water apple, Wax jambu, Wax apple)
  • Syzygium sandwicensis (ohia ha)
  • Syzygium seemannii (A.Gray) Biffin & Craven
  • Syzygium seemannianum
    Syzygium seemannianum

    Syzygium seemannianum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Fiji....
  • Syzygium smithii = Acmena smithii
    Acmena smithii

    Syzygium smithii is a summer flowering evergreen tree, belonging to the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It is commonly planted as shrubs or hedgerows....
  • Syzygium spathulatum
    Syzygium spathulatum

    Syzygium spathulatum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium spissum
    Syzygium spissum

    Syzygium spissum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium stocksii
    Syzygium stocksii

    Syzygium stocksii is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India....
  • Syzygium suborbiculare
    Syzygium suborbiculare

    Syzygium suborbiculare, the red bush apple, is a small understorey tree native to open forests and woodland of northern Australia and Papua New Guinea....
     (Lady Apple)
  • Syzygium sylvestre
    Syzygium sylvestre

    Syzygium sylvestre is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium travancoricum
    Syzygium travancoricum

    Syzygium travancoricum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  • Syzygium turbinatum
    Syzygium turbinatum

    Syzygium turbinatum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium umbrosum
    Syzygium umbrosum

    Syzygium umbrosum is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Sri Lanka....
  • Syzygium utilis
    Syzygium utilis

    Syzygium utilis is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to India....
  • Syzygium wolfii
    Syzygium wolfii

    Syzygium wolfii is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Fiji....
  • Syzygium wrightii
    Syzygium wrightii

    Syzygium wrightii is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Seychelles....
  • Syzygium zeylanicum (Smaich (Cambodia
    Cambodia

    The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
    ))
  • Syzygium sp. 'Lakeba'


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