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Basic Information:
Syzygium aqueum is a species of brush cherry tree. Its common names include watery rose apple;[2] names like “water apple” and “bell fruit” may refer to any species of Syzygium grown for its fruit.[citation needed]
The tree is cultivated for its wood and edible fruit. The fruit is a fleshy yellow or red berry which is bell shaped, waxy and crisp.
Syzygium aqueum is native to Malesia, New Guinea and Queensland.[1] The tree requires heavy rainfalls and can survive in tropical habitats, up to 1600m from sea level.[3] In the Philippines, it is locally known as tambis and is often confused with macopa (Syzygium samarangense).[4]
The wood is hard and can be used to make tools. The bark of the tree is sometimes used in herbal medicines. It is grown in orchards and gardens and parks as an ornamental plant. The leaves are edible and are sometimes used to wrap food.
The fruit has a very mild and slightly sweet taste similar to apples, and a crisp watery texture like the inside of a watermelon. It is a staple of Southeast Asian fruit stands, where it is inexpensive while in season. It does not bruise easily and may be preserved for months in a household refrigerator.
Nutrition, Traditional Use and Research
The statements below describe nutrition facts, traditional use and published research. They are not health claims for our products.
- Water apple (jambu air, Syzygium aqueum) is a juicy, crisp fruit with a mild, slightly sweet taste. It consists of up to about 85% water and is low in calories.
- The fruit contains flavonoids, phenolic compounds and tannins, which show antioxidant activity in laboratory tests.
- Water apple contains vitamin C, potassium and fiber. Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system and to the protection of cells from oxidative stress, potassium contributes to normal muscle function and the maintenance of normal blood pressure, and fiber contributes to normal bowel function.
- Laboratory studies have examined extracts of water apple for effects on blood sugar, inflammation and microbes. These are early findings from cell and animal studies, and water apple is not a treatment for any condition.
- Water apple should be eaten in moderation; very large amounts can cause stomach discomfort.
Fun facts
- The fruit consists of up to about 85% water, is crisp and tastes mildly sweet, similar to an apple.
- Water apple is low in calories and contains fiber, vitamin A and vitamin C.
- The tree is cultivated for its wood and its edible fruit; the wood is hard and can be used to make tools.
How to plant a Syzygium Aqueum tree ?
Planting Water Apple with Seeds
Planting of seeds is usually done to seed water apple. This planting method is arguably longer. The following is an explanation for planting jambu air:
– Prepare tools and ingredients
– Usually planting by seed is done in potray or in direct soil. Mix the soil with compost or manure
– Then place the planting media in a potray or planting hole (if planted directly in the ground)
– Then you can plant the image of jambu air seeds in the planting hole that you have made using a finger or a small wooden stick
– Water the imagery jambu air seeds that have been planted
Planting Water Apple As a Seedling
The process of planting water apple as seeds planted using seeds is carried out if the planting process has been carried out in the seeding. Usually this planting technique is carried out so that the image of water apple can develop into a larger so that it can be cultivated either by means of regular planting in pots or vegetatively planting such as grafts and cuttings.
– Prepare tools and ingredients
– Drying the soil to be used so that the soil is sterile. When the soil is hot, you can make the image medium for water apple
– The dried soil is then filtered so that there are no lumps
– After that, mix the soil with manure or compost evenly. Then put it in a planting place like a pot / can / polybag
– Make a planting hole and simultaneously take the water apple seedling image slowly and take the soil from the previous seedling medium just a little and place it and place it in the planting hole while mixed with the media you just made.
– Then place the water apple seedling water in the planting hole provided
– Water the image of the water apple plant that you planted
Propagation by graft on a water apple:
– Prepare grafted tools and materials on an image of a water apple
– Choose seeds that have good criteria to produce good fruit.
– Trees / seeds scratched the skin surface slightly to form a box until you see the inside of the water apple stem. Make sure the trunk of the main tree / seedlings is not cut off so that the growth of the water apple graft in the future will have a good image.
– Tree bark / main seedlings you can give growth hormone and let stand for 3 days or you can put the planting media directly if you do not use growth hormone
– The planting media that have been prepared are then placed in a plastic bag forming like a ball. After that, open the plastic filled with planting media on the side.
– Put the planting media in plastic on the stem or twigs that have been opened.
– Tie using a rope so that the media does not fall and give a little hole in the planting media so that there is air in the planting media
Water Apple Shoots
Propagation by shoot cuttings on guava water image can be done in the following way:
– Prepare tools and cuttings of pink water apple shoots
– Create planting media, how to make planting media is almost the same as the previous way.
– Then make a planting hole in the planting media that has been placed on a pot / can / polybag
– Selected seedlings are cut in half at the shoots so that the cutting material consists of twigs and shoots. – Then put it in a bucket of water so that the material is fresh cuttings. Material cuttings can be put on a growth hormone solution, but keep in mind not long when you store the cuttings in a growth hormone solution because it can cause the cutting material to damage
– Plant the pink water apple shoots material in the planting hole
– Water the plants that you have made.