Syzygium jambos
| Syzygium jambos | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Syzygium |
| Species: | S. jambos |
| Binomial name | |
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Syzygium jambos L. (Alston) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Eugenia jambos |
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Fruit and seeds. One fruit is split to show seeds.
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| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
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| Energy | 105 kJ (25 kcal) |
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5.7 g
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0.3 g
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0.6 g
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| Vitamins | |
| Vitamin A equiv. |
(2%)
17 μg |
| Thiamine (B1) |
(2%)
0.02 mg |
| Riboflavin (B2) |
(3%)
0.03 mg |
| Niacin (B3) |
(5%)
0.8 mg |
| Vitamin C |
(27%)
22.3 mg |
| Minerals | |
| Calcium |
(3%)
29 mg |
| Iron |
(1%)
0.07 mg |
| Magnesium |
(1%)
5 mg |
| Manganese |
(1%)
0.029 mg |
| Phosphorus |
(1%)
8 mg |
| Potassium |
(3%)
123 mg |
| Sodium |
(0%)
0 mg |
| Zinc |
(1%)
0.06 mg |
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| Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient Database |
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Eugenia jambos
Jambosa jambos
Syzygium jambos is a tree originating in Southeast Asia and occurring widely elsewhere, having been introduced as an ornamental and fruit tree.
The tree has variously been allocated to the genus Jambosa, Eugenia and Syzygium, where it now seems to have been permanently accepted. There have been a few species ascribed to it, but currently several varieties with various fruit colours all are recognised as Syzygium jambos.
Syzygium jambos has several common names, reflecting the large number of regions in which it occurs as a garden or fruit tree or as an invader. The names include ಪನ್ನೇರಳೆ ,Malabar Plum, champakka, Mountain Apple (champoo), chom pu or chom-phu. Terms like "plum rose", "water apple", "Cloud apple", "Wax apple", "Malay apple", "jambrosade", "Pau Têe"(Penang Hokkien spelled with Taiwanese Romanisation System), "pomarrosa", or the English equivalent, "rose apple". Several of these names also are applied to other species of Syzygium, while "jambu" can also mean a guava. The name Jambu for this fruit is in all likelihood limited to one or two of the twenty-odd major Indian languages, while most other languages use similar words (Jaamun, Jaambhool, etc.) for another fruit, smaller than the rose apple, and dark purple in colour like the fruit of the eggplant. In Karnataka the English common name is "rose apple", and the vernacular name is Pannerale(Paneer hannu), while the name for the other one is Nerale. Such a confusion of common names in horticulture is nothing unusual.
It is also known as Boga Jamuk in Assamese.
Syzygium jambos is a large shrub or small-to-medium-sized tree, typically three to 15 metres high, with a tendency to low branching. Its leaves and twigs are glabrous and the bark, though dark brown, is fairly smooth too, with little relief or texture. The leaves are lanceolate, 2 cm to 4 cm broad, 10 cm to 20 cm long, pointed, base cuneate with hardly any petiole, lively red when growing, but dark, glossy green on attaining full size. The flowers are in small terminal clusters, white or greenish white, the long, numerous stamens giving them a diameter of 5 – 8 cm. In temperate regions the tree is summer-flowering.
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