Syzygium

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Syzygium
Syzygium aromaticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Syzygium Gaertn.
Species
About 1100; see text

Syzygium is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to the myrtle family Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1100 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific.

Species

• Syzygium ampliflorum
• Syzygium amplifolium
• Syzygium andamanicum
• Syzygium anisatum
• Syzygium aqueum (Water Apple, Bell fruit, Water cherry, Watery rose apple)
• Syzygium australe (Brush Cherry (Aust.))
• Syzygium aromaticum (Clove)
• Syzygium beddomei
• Syzygium benthamianum
• Syzygium bourdillonii
• Syzygium caryophyllatum
• Syzygium chavaran
• Syzygium cordatum (Hute, Waterbessie, undoni, water berry, umSwi)
• Syzygium corynanthum (Sour cherry)
• Syzygium courtallense
• Syzygium crebrinerve (Purple cherry)
• Syzygium cumini (Jambul, Jambolan, Black plum, Damson plum, Duhat plum, Jambolan plum, Java plum, Malabar plum, Portuguese plum)
• Syzygium curanii (Lipote)
• Syzygium cyclophyllum
• Syzygium densiflorum
• Syzygium diffusum
• Syzygium discophorum
• Syzygium erythrocalyx (Johnstones River Satinash)
• Syzygium fergusonii
• Syzygium fibrosum
• Syzygium fijiense
• Syzygium forte (White Apple)
• Syzygium francisii (Giant water gum)
• Syzygium gambleanum
• Syzygium guehoi
• Syzygium guineese (Waterberry)
• Syzygium hodgkinsoniae (Red lilly pilly)
• Syzygium jambos (Roseapple, Malabar plum, Plum rose, Rose apple, Water apple)
• Syzygium luehmannii (Riberry, Cherry Satinash)
• Syzygium maire
• Syzygium malaccense (Malay Apple, Malacca apple, Malay rose apple, Mountain apple, Otaheite cashew, Rose apple, Water apple)
• Syzygium makul
• Syzygium manii
• Syzygium micranthum
• Syzygium microphyllum
• Syzygium minus
• Syzygium moorei (Coolamon)
• Syzygium myhendrae
• Syzygium neesianum
• Syzygium occidentale
• Syzygium oleosum Blue Lilly Pilly
• Syzygium oliganthum
• Syzygium palghatense
• Syzygium paniculatum (Magenta lillypilly (Aust.))
• Syzygium parameswaranii
• Syzygium phaeophyllum
• Syzygium phyllyraeoides
• Syzygium polyanthum (Indian bay leaf, Indonesian bay leaf, Salam leaf, daun salam, Indonesian laurel)
• Syzygium pondoense
• Syzygium purpureum
• Syzygium ramavarma
• Syzygium rotundifolium
• Syzygium samarangense (Java Apple, Makopa, Java rose apple, Samarang rose apple, Water apple, Wax jambu, Wax apple)
• Syzygium seemannianum
• Syzygium smithii = Acmena smithii
• Syzygium spathulatum
• Syzygium spissum
• Syzygium stocksii
• Syzygium suborbiculare (Lady Apple)
• Syzygium sylvestre
• Syzygium travancoricum
• Syzygium turbinatum
• Syzygium umbrosum
• Syzygium utilis
• Syzygium wolfii
• Syzygium wrightii
• Syzygium zeylanicum (Smaich (Cambodia))

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