Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Syzygium malaccense
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
(L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Common names
Malay-apple, Malaysian Apple, Mountain Apple, Otaheite-apple, mountain-apple, pink satin-ash, pomerac, rose-apple
Names in other languages (54)Apfeljambuse, Fekika, Hřebíčkovec malacký, Jambeiro, Jambeiro-vermelho, Jambosier rouge, Jambu dersana, Kehià komako, kehika ènana, kehià, kehià pukiki, Kidel, Malakaski nalikowc, Malakka-Apfel, Malay apple, Malayapfel, Malájalma, Manzana malaya, Nakavika, Ohia, Pero de agua, Pomarrosa malaya, Pomme Kanak, Pomme rose, Roi hoa đỏ, Tambís, Wasserapfel, Zeitouni, czapetka malajska, fei’a ma’ohi, fai’a ma’ohi, ’ a’i’a, ’a’i’a pu’upu’u, ’a’i’a ma’o’i, ’ahi’a, ’ahi’a tahiti, ha’i’a tahiti, ha’i’a, jambo, jambo-vermelho, jamboissier rouge, jambu bol, kehià ènata, kehià, ke’ika, klinčekovec melacký, makopa, malai nelgipuu, malajäpple, malakanjambolaani, manzana de agua, poirier de Malaque, pomarrosa de Malaca, pomme malac, pommerac, Малайское яблоко, ޖަންބު, පිනි ජම්බු, ชมพู่มะเหมี่ยว, ‘Ōhi‘a ai, ’ahi’a, ’ahi’a, ’ahi’a tahiti, アペル, マレーフトモモ, 马六甲蒲桃, 麻六甲蒲桃
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Myrtales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Myrtaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Syzygium
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
malaccense
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Syzygium malaccense
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 07:27.
Photo of Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Photo: Rosario Douglas · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Photo: Rachael Kaiser · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Photo: Bonnie Isaac · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Photo: Marcio Santos Ferreira · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Photo: Alejandro Rodríguez Zapata · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 07:27.

Interacciones documentadas

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Types shown: 10 of 10 is eaten by × is a host of × interacts with × is pollinated by × has as a vector × is visited by × has its flowers visited by × is adjacent to × has as a parasite × is a symbiont of ×

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is eaten by 32 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pacific Flying Fox Pteropus tonganus Pteropodidae is eaten by 3 no location
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae is eaten by 3 not compared
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae is eaten by 2 not compared
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae is eaten by 2 not compared
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is a host of 26 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Aschersonia cubensis Clavicipitaceae is a host of 3 not compared
Heptaster macroradiatus is a host of 3 not compared
Biscogniauxia uniapiculata Graphostromataceae is a host of 2 no location
Pestalotiopsis versicolor Pestalotiopsidaceae is a host of 2 no location
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interacts with 13 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis Pteropodidae interacts with 3 no location
Mariana Fruit Bat Pteropus mariannus Pteropodidae interacts with 2 no location
Malay apple gall psyllid Trioza vitiensis Triozidae interacts with 2 not compared
Vanikoro Flying Fox Pteropus tuberculatus interacts with 1 no location
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Pollination

is pollinated by 5 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis Trochilidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
Blue-chinned Emerald Chlorestes notata Trochilidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone Trochilidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata is pollinated by 1 not compared
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has as a vector 4 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae has as a vector 4 not compared
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae has as a vector 3 no location
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae has as a vector 2 no location
Bat Chiroptera has as a vector 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at order level.
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is visited by 4 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pacific Flying Fox Pteropus tonganus Pteropodidae is visited by 2 no location
Codot-Pisang Macroglossus minimus Pteropodidae is visited by 1 no location
Seychelles Flying Fox Pteropus seychellensis Pteropodidae is visited by 1 no location
Frieseomelitta varia Apidae is visited by 1 no location
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 4 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae has its flowers visited by 1 not compared
Fruit-piercing Moths Eudocima Erebidae has its flowers visited by 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Spiny-legged Stingless bee Trigona spinipes Apidae has its flowers visited by 1 not compared
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus Trochilidae has its flowers visited by 1 not compared
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is adjacent to 3 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Turkey-tails and allies Trametes Polyporaceae is adjacent to 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Rigidoporus Meripilaceae is adjacent to 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
dark-footed tinypore Microporus affinis Polyporaceae is adjacent to 1 no location
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has as a parasite 1 organism

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Aprostocetus ceroplastae Eulophidae has as a parasite 1 no location
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is a symbiont of 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Fungi Including Lichens Fungi is a symbiont of 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at kingdom level.
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

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Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.