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'''''Syzygium malaccense''''', commonly known as '''Malacca Apple''', is a species of [[Flowering plant|flowering]] [[tree]] that is native to [[Malaysia]] and [[Indonesia]] ([[Sumatra]] and [[Java]]).<ref name="GRIN"/> It has been [[Introduced species|introduced]] throughout the [[tropics]], including many [[Caribbean]] countries such as [[Jamaica]], [[Suriname]], [[Dominican Republic]], and [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. It is also known as '''''jambu bol''''' ([[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], meaning "ball [[guava]]"), '''Malay Rose Apple''', '''Otaheite Cashew''' and '''Pommerac''' (derived from ''pomme Malac'', meaning "Malaysian Apple" in [[French (language)|French]]). Highly ambiguous terms, such as '''"rose apple"''', '''"water apple"''', '''"mountain apple"''', '''"pomarrosa"''' or '''"plum rose"''' are sometimes used for this plant or its fruit; they can refer to almost any species of ''[[Syzygium]]'' grown for its fruit. The name '''"Otaheite apple"''' is used too (in Jamaica), but should better be used for the [[Tahitian Apple]] (''Spondias dulcis''); "Otaheite" is an obsolete [[Transcription (linguistics)|transcription]] of "Tahiti". Its [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] name is '''''{{okina}}ōhi{{okina}}a {{okina}}ai''''', meaning "edible ''[[Metrosideros polymorpha]]''".
'''''Syzygium malaccense''''', commonly known as '''Malacca Apple''', is a species of [[Flowering plant|flowering]] [[tree]] that is native to [[Malaysia]] and [[Indonesia]] ([[Sumatra]] and [[Java]]).<ref name="GRIN"/> It has been [[Introduced species|introduced]] throughout the [[tropics]], including many [[Caribbean]] countries such as [[Jamaica]], [[Suriname]], [[Dominican Republic]], and [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. It is also known as '''''jambu bol''''' ([[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], meaning "ball [[guava]]"), '''Malay Rose Apple''', '''Otaheite Cashew''' and '''Pommerac''' (derived from ''pomme Malac'', meaning "Malaysian Apple" in [[French (language)|French]]). Highly ambiguous terms, such as '''"rose apple"''', '''"water apple"''', '''"mountain apple"''', '''"pomarrosa"''' or '''"plum rose"''' are sometimes used for this plant or its fruit; they can refer to almost any species of ''[[Syzygium]]'' grown for its fruit. The name '''"Otaheite apple"''' is used too (in Jamaica), but should better be used for the [[Tahitian Apple]] (''Spondias dulcis''); "Otaheite" is an obsolete [[Transcription (linguistics)|transcription]] of "Tahiti". Its [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] name is '''''{{okina}}ōhi{{okina}}a {{okina}}ai''''', meaning "edible ''[[Metrosideros polymorpha]]''".
