Plant Details

Accepted name:: Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aab jamun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ala-neredu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allaneredu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alloneredu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bo dao	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
brihatphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
campa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
campai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
campeyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
campumalakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
campumalakkamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camputam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
champa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curapikocam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curapikocamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutarica	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutarikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda seeme nerale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eugenia jambosa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
gulaabjaamun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gulab jamun	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gulab-jamun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulabjama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulabjaman	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulabjamun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hnin-thi-pin	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
jaamba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jamb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jamba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambaneradi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jamboes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jambooneralu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jambosier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambu air mawar	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jambu ayer mawar	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jambu bulu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jambu kelampok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jambu kelompok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jambu kraton	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jambu mawar	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jambu nerale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambunaeredu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambunerale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambuneralu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambuneredu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambunerolu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jamburaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jampu naval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jampunaval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jamun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jamuneredu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakacampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempuhuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempujambunerale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempujambuneralu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokileshta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutappurikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutappurikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahajambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahanila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mak-spye	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
makacampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malabar plum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
malabar plum tree	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
malabar-plum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malacca-schambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaccaschambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malakkacampa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malakkachamp	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malakkanaval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaykkacampa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malkacho-jam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malle-nerale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mallenerale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manzana rosa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
nanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natischambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattujambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattujambulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nerale sevu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pannaerale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pannaeralu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panneer hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pannerale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pannerali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddanaeredu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddaneredu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pennerale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peru navel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
perunaval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunavval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunavvalmaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phalendra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phanrid	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
plum rose	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pomarrosa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
pomme rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
poti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pu tao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
pu tao ke	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
pu tao zhong zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
punnerl	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pú táo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pú táo ké	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
raaj-jambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rajajambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rose apple	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
rose-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rosenapfelbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rosenäpple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
samba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sambunagai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sambunaval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seeni jambu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
shukapriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shuǐ pú táo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sirka jamun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sn jambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sot-crin	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
surabhipatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svarnamata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tame	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
thabyu-thaby	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
thabyu-thabye	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
toffah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wa-pasang	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
weli jambu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
xiāng guǒ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yambo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yamu-panawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
水蒲桃	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒲桃	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒲桃叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒲桃壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒲桃根皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒲桃种子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
香果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Bark, seed, leaf		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
fruit, bark, leaves, aerial parts	juice, oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root bark, fruit rind, seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eugenia jambos L. Sp. Pl.: 470 (1753).
Eugenia malaccensis Blanco Fl. Filip.: 415 (1837), nom. illeg.
Jambosa vulgaris DC. Prodr. 3: 286 (1828), nom. illeg.
Eugenia decora Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 353 (1796).
Eugenia jamboides Wender. Schriften Ges. Beförd. Gesammten Naturwiss. Marburg 2: 254 (1831).
Eugenia jambosa Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 201 (1766).
Eugenia malaccensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 306 (1790), nom. illeg.
Eugenia malaccensis f. cericarpa (O.Deg.) H.St.John Mem. Pacific Trop. Bot. Gard. 1: 252 (1973).
Eugenia monantha Merr. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 79: 22 (1918).
Eugenia vulgaris Baill. Hist. Pl. 6: 345 (1876).
Jambosa jambos (L.) Millsp. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 80 (1900).
Jambosa leptostachya Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 99 (1850).
Jambosa malaccensis f. cericarpa O.Deg. Fl. Hawaiiensis 273: [s.p.] (1933).
Jambosa palembanica Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 93 (1850).
Myrtus jambos (L.) Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 144 (1823).
Plinia jambos (L.) M.Gómez Fl. Haban.: 292 (1914).
Syzygium jambos var. linearilimbum H.T.Chang & R.H.Miao Acta Bot. Yunnan. 4: 17 (1982).
Syzygium leptostachyum (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 18: 175 (1939).
Syzygium merrillii Masam. Enum. Phanerog. Born.: 534 (1942), nom. superfl.
Syzygium monanthum (Merr.) Merr. & L.M.Perry Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 18: 163 (1939).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eugenia jambos	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Eugenia jambos L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Eugenia jambos Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Eugenia jambosa L.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Eugenia malaccensis Blanco	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Jambosa vulgaris Dc.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Syzgium jambos	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Syzgium jambos (L.) Alston	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Syzygium jambos	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Syzygium jambos (L.) Al-ston	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Syzygium jambos (L.) Al-ston.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Syzygium jambos (L.) Alst.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Syzygium jambos (Linn.) Alston.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Syzygium jambos (Linnaeus) Alston	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Syzygium jambos Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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