Malay apple

Syzygium malaccense

fruit

A red bell-shaped fruit with crunchy, juicy white flesh, not very sweet, smelling of roses, eaten raw or in salads.

Origin

Malaysia and Indonesia, grown throughout the Pacific

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

It is eaten with its skin; the large seed is left.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

In Hawaii it is the ʻōhiʻa ʻai, brought by canoe by the first Polynesian navigators.