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Syzygium malaccense
(Myrtaceae)

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Species description or overview

Traditional tree Syzygium malaccense View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
A Malay apple overview is provided by the Traditional Tree Initiative's species profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry (www.traditionaltree.org).

Syzygium malaccense information from PIER
Information on Syzygium malaccense as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Syzygium malaccense information from NTBG
Information about Syzygium malaccense is available from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Syzygium malaccense
Nomenclatural information about Syzygium malaccense is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Syzygium malaccense information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Syzygium malaccense--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Syzygium malaccense information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Syzygium malaccense, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Syzygium malaccense
Nomenclatural information about Syzygium malaccense is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).


Impacts

Syzygium malaccense (Myrtaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Syzygium malaccense as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Risk assessments

Syzygium malaccense weed risk assessment for Hawaii-Pacific
Results of a weed risk assessment for Syzygium malaccense for the Hawaii-Pacific region are presented by the Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment team.


Images

Images of Syzygium malaccense (Myrtaceae) (mountain apple)
Links to high-resolution free images of Syzygium malaccense (Myrtaceae) (mountain apple) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Syzygium malaccense information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Syzygium malaccense in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Samanea to Syzygium images and weed risk assessment scores
Images of trees Samanea to Syzygium, and their weed risk assessment scores, listed alphabetically, are from the University of Hawaii Forestry Extension.

Syzygium malaccense images from PIER
Images of Syzygium malaccense provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Distribution

Syzygium malaccense information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Syzygium malaccense in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Syzygium malaccense information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Syzygium malaccense--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.


Books

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants
Perry, Frances and Roy Hay. 1982. A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants. Ward Lock Limited, Great Britain. 136 pp. illus. ISBN: 0-442-26859-9.


Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Assessing the risks of plant invasions arising from collections in tropical botanical gardens
Dawson, Wayne, Ahmed S. Mndolwa, David F. R. P. Burslem, and Philip E. Hulme. 2008. Assessing the risks of plant invasions arising from collections in tropical botanical gardens. Biodiversity Conservation. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008.

Disease index for the rust Puccinia psidii on ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) in Hawaii
Uchida, Janice Y., Robert C. Anderson, Chris Y. Kadooka, Anne Marie LaRosa, and Cheresa Coles. 2008. Disease index for the rust Puccinia psidii on ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) in Hawaii. CTAHR Plant Disease publication PD-38, Feb. 2008. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR). Honolulu. 16 pp. illus.

Disease index for the rust Puccinia psidii on rose apple in Hawaii
Anderson, Robert C. and Janet Y. Uchida. 2008. Disease index for the rust Puccinia psidii on rose apple in Hawaii. CTAHR Plant Disease publication PD-38, Feb. 2008. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR). Honolulu. 12 pp. illus.

Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii
Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds.) . 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages.

Biological control potential of Miconia calvescens using three fungal pathogens
Killgore, Eloise M. 2002. Biological control potential of Miconia calvescens using three fungal pathogens. pp. 45-52 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.

Introductions for biological control in Hawaii 1997-2001
Culliney, Thomas W., Walter T. Nagamine, and Kenneth K. Teramoto. 2003. Introductions for biological control in Hawaii 1997-2001. Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. (2003) 36:145-153.


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