Summary
Place of publication:
Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 248:25. 1912
Verified:
09/18/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
jambolan – Java-plum – Malabar-plum – Portuguese-plum – rose-apple – French
jamélongue – jambolanier – jamelongier – German
Jambolanapflaume – Rosenapfel – Wachsjambuse – India (Hindi)
jaman – Italian
iambul – Portuguese
jambolão – Spanish
guayabo pesgua – yambolana – Swedish
jambolanäpple –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | | South America | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galapagos Islands | |
6 | Other | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan]
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
-
MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Australasia
Northern America
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
-
REGION:
South America
-
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador [Galapagos Islands]
Other
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Bee plants | honey production | | National Academy of Sciences. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. 1980 |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Fuels | potential as fuelwood | | National Academy of Sciences. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. 1980 |
Human food | fruit | | Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- |
Materials | wood | | Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Weed | | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=36128.
Accessed 5 October 2024.