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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Wax apple in English is the name of a plant defined with Syzygium samarangense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Jambosa samarangensis DC. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië
· Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: (1900)
· Fl. Siam. (1931)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1938)
· Kew Bulletin (1993)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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