Syzygium javanicum — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

Fresh fruit are eaten raw or made into sauce.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It needs a fertile soil. In south India it grows to 1200 m altitude.

Andamans, Asia, Hawaii, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Palau, SE Asia, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Thailand, USA,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Fiji, Micronesia, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Palau, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Taiwan, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen

How to Identify

A tree that grows 5-15 m tall. It often has branches near the base. The leaves are smooth on both surfaces. It has a short leaf stalk. Fruit are usually green but can be pink or red. White fruited kinds are often seedless while pink fruited kinds can have 1 or 2 seeds. The fruit are pear shaped. The skin of the fruit has a waxy feel. The fruit can be 12.5 cm long.

How to Grow

Plants can be grown by seed. Seed need to be sown while fresh. Seedless kinds are grown using air layering. Where branches are low to the ground layering in the soil can be used.

Production

Trees start to produce fruit while still small.

Other Information

It is cultivated.

Names & Synonyms

Chom pu kao, Chom pu kio, Jambosa, Jambu ayer mawar, Jambu dersana, Jambu klampok, Jambu semarang, Jambu tersana, Jambu, Jumrool

Eugenia javanica Lam.

References (9)

AAK, 1980, Bertanam Pohon Buah-buahan. Penerbitan Yayasan Kanisius, Jogyakarta. p 19
Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 1 (A-H) p 985 (As Eugenia javanica)
Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1):461. 1855 - non Eugenia javanica Lam. = Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & Perry
Garner, R.J., and Chaudhri, S.A., (Ed.) 1976, The Propagation of Tropical fruit Trees. FAO/CAB. p 348
Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 299
Kiple, K.F. & Ornelas, K.C., (eds), 2000, The Cambridge World History of Food. CUP p 1792 (As Eugenia javanica)
Macmillan, H.F. (Revised Barlow, H.S., et al) 1991, Tropical Planting and Gardening. Sixth edition. Malayan Nature Society. Kuala Lumpur. p 310
Williams, C.N., Chew, W.Y., and Rajaratnam, J.A., 1989, Tree and Field Crops of the Wetter Regions of the Tropics. Longman, p 136
Zeven, A. C. & de West, J. M. J., 1982, Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity. Wageningen. p 61 (As Eugenia javanica)