Summary
Place of publication:
Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 11:204. 1929
Verified:
07/27/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
bellfruit – water-apple – watery rose-apple – French
jambo ayer – German
Wasserjambuse – Malay
jambu air – Spanish
perita costeña – tambis – Swedish
vattenäpple – Transcribed Thai
machomphu-pa –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Java | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Singapore | | |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
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INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Java], Singapore
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | potential as fruit | | Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 2:292. |
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=50068.
Accessed 5 October 2024.