163
Syzygium
aqueum (Burm.f.) Alston
Synonym : Eugenia aquea Burm.f.
Family
: Myrtaceae
Local Names
: Chamba, Panineer jamba,
Bell fruit, Watery rose-apple
Flowering
and fruiting period:
December – June
Distribution: Malaysia
Habitat: Cultivated
IUCN
status:
Data Deficient
Endemic: No
Uses: Fruits edible. Various parts of
the tree are used in traditional medicine, and some have in fact been shown to
possess antibiotic activity. The dried leaves are eaten with vegetables, or the
fresh leaves are eaten raw, as a treatment for malaria and pneumonia. An
infusion of the leaves is used in the treatment of stomach aches and dysentery.
Key
Characters:
Trees, to 6 m high, bark tawny-brown.
Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic-obovate, margin entire, glabrous,
gland-dotted. Flowers bisexual, pinkish-white, in terminal or subterminal
axillary cymes. Calyx tube funnel shaped; lobes 5, ovate. Petals 5, oblong,
obtuse, concave. Stamens many, inflexed in bud; filaments brilliantly pink;
