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(Last Modified On 12/19/2012)
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(Last Modified On 12/19/2012)
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Genus
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SYZYGIUM Gaertn.
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Fruct. 1:166. 1788.
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Synonym
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Opa Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 3 0 8. 179 0. Jambosa DC. Prodr. 3:286. 1828. Microjambosa Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1:1 17. 1849.
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Description
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Shrubs or trees. Inflorescence usually centrifugal, cymose, more or less panicu- late. Flowers 4-merous. Receptacle produced above the ovary. Sepals persistent, mostly semi-orbiculate, sometimes distinct. Petals free or coherent. Anthers dorsifixed, opening with longitudinal slits. Ovary 2 (-4) -celled, the cells many- ovulate. Berry globose or pear-shaped, often carnose and edible, mostly 1-seeded. Testa adhering to the pericarp. Cotyledons free, carnose; radicle short, hidden between the cotyledons.
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Habit
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Shrubs or trees
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Distribution
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Species about 200 in tropical and subtropical Asia, the following cultivated or sometimes naturalized in Panama.
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a. Flowers red; inflorescence mostly lateral, often cauliflorous ..................... 1. S. MALACCENSE b. Flowers white; inflorescence chiefly terminal .............. 2 2a. Leaves lanceolate, acute at the base ....................................2. S. JAMBOS b. Leaves elliptical-oblong, rounded at the base ..................................... 3. S. SAMARAGNENSE
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