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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sea Apple being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Syzygium polyanthum
- Syzygium cumini
- Syzygium simile
- Syzygium tierneyanum
- Syzygium tripinnatum
- Calophyllum soulattri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Syzygium
- Species
- Syzygium grande
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