Syzygium jambos
Rose apple · also Malabar plum, Plum rose, Jambos
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Syzygium jambos, also known as Rose Apple, is an evergreen tree up to 15 meters tall with narrow lanceolate leaves and white to yellowish, rose-tinged, pear-shaped fruits. Native to Southeast Asia, it is widely cultivated for its edible, rose-scented fruit, but can become weedy in new environments. It has moderate water needs.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3270.02%——
- 1080.07%—9.9 in
- 10.00%—7.5 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 20–30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20–30 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 9.9 in, mean 11 in, 90th percentile 18 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Borneo lowland rain forests
- Borneo montane rain forests
- Borneo peat swamp forests
- Myanmar coastal rain forests
- Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests
- Northern Vietnam lowland rain forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Lesser Sundas deciduous forests
- Southern Vietnam lowland dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests
- Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests
Other Syzygium in the catalogue
7 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
