Trees & Plants

Pomarosa

Maa janbu

Syzygium malaccense (L)

Common in homesteads Fruits are edible. Pounded bark is m used as a remedy for mouth lesions and lacerations. The root acts as a diuretic and is given to alleviate oedema. The root bark is useful against dysentery and serves as an emmenagogue and abortifacient.

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uses: Fruits are edible. Pounded bark is m used as a remedy for mouth lesions and lacerations. The root acts as a diuretic and is given to alleviate oedema. The root bark is useful against dysentery and serves as an emmenagogue and abortifacient.
family: Myrtaceae
synonym: Eugenia malaccensis L., Eugenia purpurascens Baill. Th
description: Evergreen trees, to 15 m high; bark grey-brown, smooth; branchlets terete-compressed. Leaves simple, opposite, × is 16-34 5-13 cm, elliptic; base cuneate, is coriaceous, gland dotted; lateral nerves 10- 15 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, looped near the margin forming intramarginal nerves, intercostae reticulate, prominent; petiole 8-15 mm, stout, grooved above. Flowers bisexual, large. Calyx tube 1.5 cm; lobes round, unequal. Petals large, glandular, suborbicular. Staminal filaments red, 2 cm, many, bent inwards in middle when in bud. Ovary 2-celled; ovules many; style long. × Fruit a berry, large, to 5 3 cm.
native range: Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Th ailand, New Guinea and Australia
distribution: Cultivated throughout the topics
english names: Pomarosa · Macopa · Malay apple
flowering fruiting: February- June Merr. & Perry
occurrence maldives: Common in homesteads