Wax Jambu (Syzygium jambolana)

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Thaumaturgist Rockledge, FL(Zone 10a) Oct 12, 2003

Common name: Wax Jambu
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Syzygium
Species jambolana

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/57647/

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htop San Antonio, TX(Zone 8b) Oct 12, 2003

Looking at this image made my mouth water so I ate a pear. Great photo!!

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Thaumaturgist Rockledge, FL(Zone 10a) Oct 12, 2003

Thank you for your kind comments.

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ButterflyGardnr Orlando, FL(Zone 9b) Oct 14, 2003

YOu have some of the strangest fruits over there in Melbourne! Yet another fruit I have never heard of in my life. Good thing my dad's not around--he'd be wanting to drive over to get some soursop apples and now some of these wax jambus, too! Presumably they are cut up for some reason (like human consumption). What can you do with them?

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Thaumaturgist Rockledge, FL(Zone 10a) Oct 14, 2003

Wax Jambus are usually eaten off the hand like an Apple.
For our Brevard Rare Fruit Club meeting howevee, they were
sliced into many pieces so that all the attendees could taste it.

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busybee Kentwood, LA(Zone 8b) Oct 15, 2003

It does look good. I have never heard of it.

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Thaumaturgist Rockledge, FL(Zone 10a) Oct 15, 2003

I have posted a group of sequential photos showing the Wax Jambu from flower to cross-section of mature fruit at

http://plantsdatabase.com/go/57647/

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ButterflyGardnr Orlando, FL(Zone 9b) Oct 16, 2003

Very interesting. So how do you know when the fruit is ripe?

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Monocromatico Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(Zone 11) Oct 16, 2003

Dude, the Wax Jambus were loaded with fruits until a couple of months ago all around my town... I even tried to get some from a tree in the botanical garden, but my aim was horrible (tried to get them by trowing rocks at them on the tree... I wish I was a bird, instead)

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Thaumaturgist Rockledge, FL(Zone 10a) Oct 17, 2003

Hi ButterflyGardnr

Wax Jambus in Florida come in 2 colors in general; pale green and pale pink.

The pale green becomes light yellow when ripe while the
pale pink becomes a little darker pink. Wax Jambus give
out an unique aroma when ripe.

South-east Asian countries in general and Thailand in particular have Wax jambus in other colors too.

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Musgrave Brandon, FL Aug 07, 2004

Hi
I have eaten my first fruit it was White. The flower was white . The tree is about 3 ft tall it is grafted . It was not ripe but it split open . The second one is still growing bell shaped & about 3 1/2 in. wide & 2 in. long. The leaves are abouit 12 inches long . More when it is ripe . Ed

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Monocromatico Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(Zone 11) Aug 07, 2004

Musgrave, your Jambu is probably this one: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/55550/index.html

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Momogau Walnut, CA Aug 24, 2014

Short season (3 weeks) gem in August here in S California. Got in from a Chinese nursery locally. Pipe when pink color intensifies or bell bottom enlarges.

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