rose myrtle

English

rose myrtle

Noun

rose myrtle (countable and uncountable, plural rose myrtles)

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

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