Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 470 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India"

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1825), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 2: 484 [basionym]

basionym of: Myrtus malaccensis (L.) Spreng. legitimate

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Myrtaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 286 [basionym]

basionym of: Jambosa malaccensis (L.) DC. legitimate

Merrill, E.D. & Perry, L.M. (1945), Plantae Papuanae Archiboldianae, XII. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 26(1): 215 [basionym]

basionym of: Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M. (1983), A revision of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 9: 102 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 276 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry legitimate

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