rose myrtle

English

rose myrtle

Noun

rose myrtle (countable and uncountable, plural rose myrtles)

1. Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, native to much of tropical and humid subtropical Asia, invasive elsewhere.

Synonyms

• (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa): Ceylon hill gooseberry, downy myrtle, downy rose myrtle, hill gooseberry, hill guava, Isenberg bush

Translations

evergreen shrub

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 棯仔 (nim¹ zai²), 崗棯／岗棯 (gong¹ nim¹)

  Eastern Min: 刀蓮／刀莲 (dŏ̤-lièng), 多𬂌 (dŏ̤-nèng)

  Mandarin: 桃金娘 (táojīnniáng)

  Southern Min:

  Hokkien: 多尼 (to-nî)

  Teochew: 烏多尼／乌多尼 (u-to-nî)

• Indonesian: kemunting (id)
• Japanese: 天人花, テンニンカ (tenninka)
• Korean: 도금양 (dogeumyang)
• Malay: kemunting

  Brunei Malay: karamunting

• Malayalam: തവിട്ടുമരം (taviṭṭumaraṁ)
• Tamil: மலைக்கொய்யா (malaikkoyyā)
• Vietnamese: sim

References

• rose myrtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhodomyrtus tomentosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rhodomyrtus tomentosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons