Thursday, January 17, 2013

Syzygium aqueum

Syzygium is a genus in the Myrtaceae, native to Southeast Asia, that includes a number of popular species cultivated for their colorful edible fleshy fruit. The flowers of all species are white, pink or red and always have many stems.

It is a common tree that is cultivated throughout Southeast Asia to the Pacific Islands, mainly for the edible, fleshy fruits.

Syzygium is a genus of perhaps 1000 species of trees or shrubs native to the Old World tropics. The leaves are short-stalked and grow in opposite pairs.

Green fruit are eaten raw with salt or cooked. The ripe fruit are eaten fresh, the edible portion being between 80% and 90% water. The edible fruits are smooth and pink in color. It has a very thin, almost waxy-looking edible skin, with crisp while flesh inside.

There are many different species of Syzygium in the forested regions and their fruits may be eaten with entire safety, although some have almost no pulp.

The proximate analysis indicates that these fruit have very low nutritional value as do all fleshy fruited. Syzygium aqueum are astringent due to tannins and are used in Taiwan to treat fever and halt diarrhea.
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