Fruit · Medicinal
Rose Apple
Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
Southern China and Malesia
Fun factThe name rose apple comes from the fruit's rosewater scent, and the genus name Syzygium is from the Greek suzugos, 'joined', for the paired leaves.
A small evergreen tree with a dense, spreading crown, a short low-branching trunk with smooth brown bark, and long, glossy, tapering leaves. Large white pom-pom flowers with a brush of stamens are followed by round to egg-shaped, whitish to yellow fruits crowned by the persistent calyx, whose crisp flesh smells and tastes of rosewater. It is widely naturalised in the tropics and is flagged for caution in south and central Florida.
Sourced · see Record tab
1on the estate
0carrying a tag
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FamilyMyrtaceae
Spanish nameManzana Rosa
Also known asMalabar plum, Manzana rosa, Pomarrosa
Native toSouthern Yunnan (China) and western Malesia, in secondary rainforest and coastal forest
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Orchard | — | 5 July 2019 | Planted | — |
1 of these has no tag yet; it will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.