These were already growing in my yard as a tall hedge when we moved here (9b, Coastal Central California)... I was planning to replace th...Read Moreem with fruiting evergreens until I saw the small fruits. They have a pleasant, interesting taste - sweet with slight sour, with a bit of a floral rose flavor. My wife also likes them...
Rockledge, FL (Zone 10a) | September 2003 | neutral
The Rose Apple (nothing in common with an Apple) from the family Myrtaceae, is not exempt from the Eugenia/Syzygium dual taxonomic contro...Read Moreversy. And hence, it is also classified as Eugenia jambos. As if that was not enough, other botanists claim the Rose Apple to be:
Although the Rose Apple is native to the East Indies and Malaysia, it now can be found all over the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.
In Brazil, it is called Jambo Amarelo or Jambeiro in Portuguese. In Florida where the rose-scented Rose Apple was introduced before the turn of the century, it grows almost wild from here in Brevard County (east-central Florida) all the way into south Florida.
These were already growing in my yard as a tall hedge when we moved here (9b, Coastal Central California)... I was planning to replace th...Read More
The Rose Apple (nothing in common with an Apple) from the family Myrtaceae, is not exempt from the Eugenia/Syzygium dual taxonomic contro...Read More
The "White Jambo" is sooooo delicious. The trees are blooming right now
This tree is grown for its delicious fruit. The pulp has a pleasant rose flavour, hence its name - rose apple.