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GBIF·3183278speciesPlantae0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomPlantae
  2. ›phylumTracheophyta
  3. ›classMagnoliopsida
  4. ›orderMyrtales
  5. ›familyMyrtaceae
  6. ›genusSyzygium
Syzygium guineense
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IUCN LC · Least concern

water-pear

Syzygium guineense (Willd.) DC.

Also calledMalmo (hau) · Wasserbirne (deu) · czapetka gwinejska (pol) · guineanjambolaani (fin) · mosane (tsn) · muthwa (tso) · umdomiwamanzi (zul) · waterpeer (afr) · Сизигиум гвинейский (rus) · 非洲西莓 (zho)

First described in: Prodr. 3: 259 (1828)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

description

Shrub or small tree, in forest galleries and riverbanks, open forest, and wooded wetland savannah. C. N.: akulakula, kalakunda, xikamuige, xikamuiji (kb). Uses: artefacts, food, medicinal. Conservation: LC (IUCN 2017)

An annotated checklist of the vascular flora of Quiçama National Park, Angola

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 3183278.