Summary
Place of publication:
Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6:115. 1931
Verified:
07/27/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
jambos – Malabar-plum – rose-apple – Afrikaans
jamboes – French
jambosier – pomme rose – German
Rosenapfelbaum – Spanish
manzana rosa – pomarrosa – yambo – Swedish
rosenäpple –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
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 | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
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 | Mesoamerica | Central America | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galapagos Islands | |
6 | Other | | | | | |
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Northern America
-
REGION:
Mexico, United States
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
-
REGION:
South America
-
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
-
MESOAMERICA:
Central America
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador [Galapagos Islands]
Other
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
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=50070.
Accessed 6 October 2024.