Syzygium Samarangense / Watery Rose-Apple
Syzygium aqueum
Also known as Water Apple, Bell Fruit
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- December-June
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Syzygium aqueum
- Genus
- Syzygium
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Distribution
- India, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-June
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Myrtaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- White-creamrecorded
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The fruit is a fleshy, whitish-pinkish to yellowish-pinkish or red berry which is bell-shaped, waxy and crisp.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Syzygium Samarangense itself; the rest are typical of the Myrtaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- জামরুল
- Telugu
- వాటర్ ఆపిల్
- Malayalam
- ചാമ്പ, Syzygium samarangense, ഉള്ളി ചാമ്പ
- Sinhala
- රතු ජම්බු
About Syzygium Samarangense
Watery rose-apple (Syzygium aqueum) is a tree in the Myrtaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra and 4 other states. It is cultivated. Flowering and fruiting run from December to June.
Myrtaceae
Myrtle/Eucalyptus family
Syzygium Samarangense belongs to the Myrtaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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