page_title: Syzygium
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Syzygium / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Syzygium cumini in Kohat Pakistan
context_page_description: Syzygium is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1200–1800 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific. Its highest levels of diversity occur from Malaysia to northeastern Australia, where many species are very poorly known and many more have not been described taxonomically.
  Most species are evergreen trees and shrubs. Several species are grown as ornamental plants for their attractive glossy foliage, and a few produce edible fruits that are eaten fresh or used in jams and jellies. The most economically important species, however, is the clove Syzygium aromaticum, of which the unopened flower buds are an important spice. Some of the edible species of Syzygium are planted throughout the tropics worldwide, and several have become invasive species in some island ecosystems. Several species of Syzygium bear fruits that are edible for humans, many of which are named "roseapple". Fifty-two species are found in Australia and are generally known as lillipillies, brush cherries or satinash.
context_section_description: Selected species include:
  Syzygium alliiligneum – onionwood (Queensland)
  Syzygium amplifolium
  Syzygium andamanicum
  Syzygium anisatum
  Syzygium anisosepalum
  Syzygium angophoroides
  Syzygium antisepticum  – shore eugenia
  Syzygium aqueum – water apple, bell fruit, water cherry, watery rose apple
  Syzygium aromaticum – clove
  Syzygium australe – brush cherry (Australia)
  Syzygium beddomei
  Syzygium bourdillonii
  Syzygium canicortex – yellow satinash (Queensland)
  Syzygium caryophyllatum (type species)
  Syzygium chanlos (Gagnep.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  Syzygium chavaran
  Syzygium cinereum (Kurz) Chantaran. & J.Parn.
  Syzygium conglomeratum
  Syzygium contractum
  Syzygium cordatum – Hute, waterbessie, undoni, water berry, umSwi
  Syzygium cordifolium
  Syzygium cormiflorum – Bumpy satinash
  Syzygium corynanthum – Sour cherry
  Syzygium corynocarpa (A.Gray) C.Muell.
  Syzygium courtallense
  Syzygium crebrinerve – Purple cherry, black water gum
  Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels – Jambul, Jambolan, Black plum, Damson plum, Duhat plum, Jambolan plum, Portuguese plum
  Syzygium curranii – Lipote
  Syzygium densiflorum
  Syzygium diffusum
  Syzygium discophorum
  Syzygium duthieanum
  Syzygium dyerianum
  Syzygium elegans
  Syzygium erythrocalyx – Johnstone River satinash, Red Bud satinash
  Syzygium eucalyptoides
  Syzygium fergusonii
  Syzygium fibrosum – Fibrous satinash
  Syzygium fijiense
  Syzygium flosculiferum
  Syzygium forte – White Apple
  Syzygium formosanum – Native to Taiwan
  Syzygium francisii – Giant water gum, rose satinash
  Syzygium fullagarii (Lord Howe Island)
  Syzygium glaucum
  Syzygium gracilipes
  Syzygium graeme-andersoniae
  Syzygium grande  – Sea apple
  Syzygium guehoi
  Syzygium gustavioides – Grey satinash
  Syzygium guineense – Waterberry
  Syzygium hodgkinsoniae – Red lilly pilly, smooth-barked rose apple (Australia)
  Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston – Roseapple, Malabar plum, plum rose, rose apple, water apple
  Syzygium jasminifolium
  Syzygium kemamanense
  Syzygium kiahii
  Syzygium koordersianum
  Syzygium kuranda – Kuranda satinash
  Syzygium leucoxylon
  Syzygium luehmannii – Riberry, cherry satinash
  Syzygium maire
  Syzygium makul
  Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry – Malay Apple, Malacca apple, Malay rose apple, mountain apple, Otaheite cashew, rose apple, water apple
  Syzygium manii
  Syzygium maingayi
  Syzygium megacarpum
  Syzygium micranthum
  Syzygium microphyllum (Syzygium gambleanum is an illegitimate synonym)
  Syzygium minus
  Syzygium monimioides
  Syzygium moorei – Coolamon, durobby
  Syzygium myhendrae
  Syzygium neesianum
  Syzygium nemestrinum
  Syzygium nervosum
  Syzygium oblatum (Roxb.) Wall. ex A.M.Cowan & Cowan
  Syzygium occidentale
  Syzygium oleosum – Blue lilly pilly
  Syzygium oliganthum
  Syzygium oreophilum
  Syzygium palghatense
  Syzygium paniculatum – Magenta lillypilly, magenta cherry (Australia)
  Syzygium parameswaranii
  Syzygium patentinerve (endemic to Savai'i & Upolu islands in Samoa)
  Syzygium papyraceum – Paperbark satinash (Australia)
  Syzygium pauper
  Syzygium pendens
  Syzygium perakense
  Syzygium pergamentaceum
  Syzygium phaeophyllum
  Syzygium politum
  Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Walp. – Indian bay leaf, Indonesian bay leaf, Salam leaf, daun salam, Indonesian laurel
  Syzygium pondoense
  Syzygium praineanum
  Syzygium pseudofastigiatum (Australia)
  Syzygium purpureum
  Syzygium quadrangulatum (A.Gray) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  Syzygium quadribracteatum
  Syzygium ramavarmae
  Syzygium revolutum
  Syzygium richii (A.Gray) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L. M. Perry – Java apple, makopa, Java rose apple, Samarang rose apple, water apple, wax jambu, wax apple
  Syzygium sandwicensis (A.Gray) Nied. – ʻŌhiʻa ha
  Syzygium smithii
  Syzygium suborbiculare – lady apple]
  Syzygium syzygioides (Miq.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  Syzygium travancoricum
  Formerly placed in this genus
  Waterhousea floribunda (F.Muell.) B.Hyland (as S. floribundum F.Muell.)
caption: Syzygium cumini in Kohat Pakistan
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