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Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry Myrtaceae

Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia

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Caryophyllus malaccensis (L.) Stokes; Eugenia domestica Baill.; Eugenia macrophylla Lam.; Eugenia malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry; Eugenia malaccensis L.; Eugenia malaccensis var. purpurea (Roxb.) Duthie; Eugenia malaccensis var. purpurea Duthie; Eugenia megacarpa Craib; Eugenia purpurea Roxb.; Jambosa domestica Blume; Jambosa domestica var. purpurea (Roxb.) Blume; Jambosa macrophylla (Lam.) DC.; Jambosa malaccensis (L.) DC; Jambosa malaccensis (L.) Nicolson et al.; Jambosa purpurascens DC.; Jambosa purpurea (Roxb.) Wight. & Arn.; Jambusa domestica DC.; Jambusa domestica Rumph.; Myrtus macrophylla (Lam.) Spreng.; Myrtus malaccensis (L.) Spreng

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Mustaqim, W.A. (2020). Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry Myrtaceae. In: Franco, F. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14116-5_82-1

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