Complete chloroplast genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis ofSyzygium malaccense

Syzygium malaccenseis native to Malaysia. It is sometimes called the malay apple, malay rose-apple, mountain rose-apple, mountain apple, water apple, or French cashew. The tree is very popular in many tropical and subtropical regions for its fruit and traditional medicine. The first complete chloroplast genome ofSyzygium malaccensehas been reported in this study. The complete chloroplast genome ofSyzygium malaccenseis 158,954 bp, composed of four regions: a large single-copy region with a size of 87,991 bp, a small single copy region with a size of 18,793 bp, and two inverted repeat regions with a size of 26,085 bp. The GC content is 36.97%. A total of 132 genes were annotated, including 84 encoding proteins, eight encoding rRNA genes, 37 encoding tRNA genes, and three encoding pseudo genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed thatSyzygium aromaticum,Syzygium cumini,andSyzygium forrestiiare closely related toSyzygium malaccense.