Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry

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Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 19: 115 (1938); P.Dy Phon, Plant Use in Cambodia: 580 (2000); K.D.Nguyen, ( Myrtaceae ) Checklist of Plant Species of Vietnam 2: 908 (2003). — Myrtus samarangensis Blume, Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch-Indië 17: 1084 (1826). — Jambosa samarangensis (Blume) DC. , Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 286 (1828). — Eugenia samarangensis (Blume) O. Berg in Martius, Flora Brasiliensis 14, 1: 646 (1859), nom. inval., in synon. — Type: Indonesia, Java, cultivated, Herb. Blume s.n. (lecto-,: L![sheet no. 898.203-406], here designated).

Myrtus obtusissima Blume, Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch- Indië 17: 1086 (1826). — Jambosa ? obtusissima (Blume) DC. , Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 287 (1828). — Jambosa samarangensis (Blume) DC. var. obtusissima (Blume) Blume , Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum 1: 95 (page 81-96: VII.1849). — Type: Indonesia, Java, Lingajati, Herb. Blume 1558 (holo-, L![sheet no. 898.203-411]). Eugenia alba Roxb. , Flora indica 2 [ed.2, ed. W.Carey]: 493 (1832). — Jambosa alba (Roxb.) G.Don , A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants 2: 868 (1832). — Type: Icones Roxburghianae no. 1069 (lecto-, K! here designated; isolecto-, CAL n.v.).

Jambosa samarangensis (Blume) DC. var. microcarpa Hassk. ex (Blume) Hassk., Catalogus Plantarum in Horto Botanico Bogoriensi Cultarum Alter: 361 (1844). — Type: Borneo?, ‘Archipelagi indici’, Korthals s.n. (lecto-, L![sheet no. 898.203-423], here designated).

Myrtus timorensis Zipp. ex Span. , Linnaea 15: 204 (1841), nom. inval., pro syn. — Jambosa timorensis Blume , Museum Botanicum Lugduno- Batavum 1: 97 (page 97-111: VIII.1849). Type: Indonesia, Timor, Zippelius s.n. (lecto-, L![sheet no. 893.203-425], here designated; isolecto-, L![sheet no. 898.203-424]).

Jambosa ambigua Blume , Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum 1: 96 (page 81-96: 1849). — Type: Indonesia, Java. Korthals s.n. (lecto-, L![sheet no. 898.203-402], here designated; isolecto-, K!).

Jambosa timorensis Blume var. laxiflora Blume , Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum 1: 98. (page 97-111: 1849). — Type: Indonesia, Timor , Kupang. Anon. s.n. (holo-, L![sheet no. 898.203-421).

Eugenia mindanaensis C.B. Rob., Philippine Journal of Science (Section C, Botany) 4: 363. 1909. — Type: Philippines, Mindanao, district of Davao, Santa Cruz, Williams 2752 (holo-, P†; iso-, US![00118057]) .

Eugenia javanica Lam. var. parviflora Craib, Florae Siamensis Enumeratio 1: 647 (1931). — Syzygium samarangense var. parviflorum (Craib) Chantar. & J.Parn., Kew Bulletin 48: 609 (1993). – Type: Thailand, Khao Kalakiri, Kerr 7798 (lecto-, BK!; iso-, ABD n.v., BM n.v., E n.v., K!, TCD!designated by Chantaranothai & Parnell [1993: 609]).

[ Eugenia javanica auct. non Lam. (1789): Gagnep. in Lecomte, Flore générale de l’Indochine 2: 837 (1920), excl. var. balansae = Syzygium siamense (Craib) Chantar. & J.Parn. ].

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Cambodia. Kandal: Phnom

Penh, 6.III.1914, Chevalier 31706 (P); Kien Svay village, 7.I.2010,

Leti & P.Toeng CL1254 (P), CL1255 (P), CL1257 (P), 1258 (P);

Phnom Penh, 20.I.2010, Leti & P.Toeng CL1259 (P), CL1260 (P),

CL1261 (P).

Vietnam. Ninh Binh: Nho Quan, Cuc Phuong National Park,

25.V.1999, N.M.Cuong 149 ( GH); idem , 16.V.1971, CPNP 3987

( CPNP); idem, 16.V.1970, CPNP 3986 ( CPNP). — Thua Thien-

Hue: Hue, 28.VI.1916, Eberhardt 3300 (P). — sin. loc., VI.1927,

Pételot s.n. (P).

DISTRIBUTION. — Widely cultivated in the tropics, including Cam-

bodia, Laos and Vietnam.

ECOLOGY OR HABITAT. — Low land.

CONSERVATION STATUS. — IUCN Global Status: Least Concern

( LC); IUCN Regional (Indochina) Status: Least Concern ( LC).

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Wax apple (general). Cambodia: Champuu,

Kanlan rehs. Vietnam: Man, Roi.

USES. — An important fruit crop.

DESCRIPTION

Tree to 9 m tall, to 20 cm dbh. Bark smooth or flaky, greenish to brownish. Glabrous.