Syzygium jambos (Rose apple)
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) yellow fruit hanging on branches nestled deep within dark green leaves.
Botanical names: Syzygium jambos, Eugenia jambos, Jambosa jambos
Common names: Rose apple, Malabar Plum, Pomme rosa
Family: Myrtaceae
Origin: East Indies and Malaya
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
USDA Zone: 9-11
Plant type: Fruit
Fruit type: Eugenia
Plant form: Large bush or small tree
Mature height: 10-20 ft
Sun exposure: Full sun or bright light indoor
Cold tolerance: Tolerates light freezing to about 30°F for short periods (mature plants). Young plants must be protected.
Watering: Regular
Flower color: Pink; white and off-white
Suitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; small gardens, containers, and indoor growing
Wildlife: Attracts butterflies and hummingbirdsRose Apple is a popular fruit native to Southeast Asia. The beautiful blossoms contain hundreds of showy stamens. The crisp and juicy fruits are very distinctly rose scented and highly prized for jellies and confections. The plant is easy to grow, moderately cold hardy and tolerates poor soils. Makes an attractive, wide-spreading shade tree as well as compact and bushy container fruiting plant.
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Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) yellow fruit hanging among long dark green waxy leaves on branch.
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) ripening red fruit surrounded by thick waxy dark green leaves on branches.
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) flower with numerous thin white filaments radiating from the center base
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) yellow flower clusters nestled among narrow pointed green foliage
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) yellow fruit sit arranged on a plate for better eating access.
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) round yellow fruit, one cut open on a plate.
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) flower with fluffy stamens radiating from the center amid dark leaves
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) showing fluffy cream flower clusters among slender green pointed leaves
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) yellow flower with long thin stamens surrounded by narrow green leaves.
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) yellow fruit hanging among thick, leathery, long, narrow green leaves.
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) creamy yellow flower with thin stamens and pointed green leaves
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) emerging red new foliage with contrasting mature long green narrow leaves.
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) creamy white flower with many long stamens among dark green leaves
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) with two rounded yellow fruits suspended among long dark green leaves.
Syzygium jambos (Rose apple) cut in half revealing round brown seed on textured pink surface.
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/syzygium_jambos.htm
Rose apple, Malabar Plum, Pomme rosa - rose-flavored fruit. The crisp and juicy fruits are very distinctly rose scented and highly prized for jellies and confections. The plant is easy to grow, moderately cold hardy and tolerates poor soils. Makes an attractive, wide-spreading shade tree as well as compact and bushy container fruiting plant.
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