Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
Family: Myrtaceae
Malabar Plum, Pomme rosa, Rose apple
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Tree
Distribution:
Native of Malaysia
Use: Edible fruit
Description:
Trees, 10-15 m high, branchlets terete. Leaves simple, opposite, and alternate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute, obtuse or cuneate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous. Flowers white, 5-6 cm across in terminal cymes. Calyx lobes 4. Petals 4, free, orbicular. Stamens many; filaments exserted, basally subconnate, unequal. Fruit a berry, 3 x 2.5 cm, white or pink, fleshy, oblong; seeds brown.