Jambos (Syzygium jambos)

Family: Myrtaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Originated from Southeast Asia, Syzygium jambos or Jambos is an ornamental and fruit tree up to 15 m in height. It has dark brown and smooth bark. The leaves are lanceolate, dark, and glossy green. The flowers are formed into clusters at the end of branches. Plant parts are used medicinally against fever, diarrhea, dysentery, catarrh, diabetes, sore eyes, rheumatism, smallpox, asthma, bronchitis, and hoarseness.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet flavour with a crisp and crunchy texture, the fruit is somewhat to very juicy and has a delicate, rose-water fragrance. — Fruit - usually eaten raw, the fruit can also be stewed, made into jams, jellies, confections etc.; A sweet flavour with a crisp and crunchy texture, the fruit is somewhat to very juicy and has a delicate, rose-water fragrance.; When cooked with custards or puddings, they impart a rose-like flavour.; The large, hollow seed cavity is sometimes utilized to stuff the fruits and bake them .The fruit has to be handled very carefully after harvesting because it bruises easily and then loses its crispness.

Habitat & North American Range

Open places, generally around villages, at elevations of 600 - 1,400 metres in Nepal. Most commonly found in moister habitats such as stream banks, becoming more frequent at higher elevations as rainfall levels rise. (Zone 9)