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Syzygium grande
In Singapore: Sea Apple, Jambu Laut, Kilat Jambu, Jambu Air Laut, Jambu Ayer Laut, Jambu Jembah, Jembah, Kerian Acheh, Kerian Ayer, Keriang Batu, Ubah, 大蒲桃, 海蒲桃 (Native to Singapore, Least Concern)
Syzygium grande, the sea apple, is an evergreen tree from tropical Asia that can reach about 20 metres, with large dark green leaves. It grows in lowland tropical moist forest and along roadsides, and is not a common garden plant.
Syzygium grande or sea apple is a species of tree native to tropical Asia. It is an evergreen tree which can grow up to 20 metres tall. Its leaves are large with dark green color. It is native to Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), the Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, northeastern India, south-central China, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and Sumatra, and possibility to southern India and Sri Lanka. It grows in lowland tropical moist forest and along roadsides.
The species was first described as Eugenia grandis by Robert Wight in 1841. In 1843, Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers placed the species in genus Syzygium as S. grande.
Syzygium glaucum · Anise Myrtle · Syzygium antisepticum · Watery roseapple · Clove · Scrub cherry · Boxleaf Eugenia · Syzygium cerasiforme · Syzygium conglomeratum · Bumpy satinash · Java plum · Weeping Myrtle
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syzygium grande by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
