Rose apple is an indigenous underexploited nutritional fruit with many health benefits. Like many other fruits to which the word “apple” has been attached, the rose apple in no way resembles an apple, neither in the tree nor in its fruit. It is a member of the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is technically known as Syzygium jambos.
It is sometimes called plum rose, malabar plum or water apple. The plant generally a shrub, sometimes reaches 7.5-12 m in height, and has a dense crown of slender, wide-spreading branches. The evergreen leaves are leathery, glossy, darkgreen when mature and appears rosy when young.
The creamy-white flowers produce fruits almost round the year. Capped with the prominent, green, tough calyx, the fruit is nearly round, oval, or slightly pear-shaped with smooth, thin, pale-yellow or whitish skin, sometimes pink-blushed, covering a crisp, mealy, dry to juicy layer of yellowish flesh,....
