name: Wax Apple

flavor_db_name_variants: wax apple

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Wax apple

id: 78

name_scientific: Eugenia javanica

description: Syzygium samarangense (syn. Eugenia javanica) is a plant species in the Myrtaceae, native to an area that includes the Greater Sunda Islands , Malay Peninsula and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but introduced in prehistoric times to a wider area and now widely cultivated in the tropics. English common names include Jambu air (local Indonesian and Malay name), Champoo (a transliteration of the Thai name), lembu or lian-woo (from the native Taiwanese name; Chinese: 蓮霧; pinyin: liánwù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ... and Malay name), wax apple, love apple, java apple, royal apple, bell fruit (or bellfruit), Jamaican apple, water apple, mountain apple, cloud apple, wax jambu, and rose apple. It is commonly known as makopa in the Philippines. The fruit is a bell-shaped, edible berry, with colors ranging from white, pale green, or green to red, purple, or crimson, to deep purple or even black, 4-6 cm long in wild plants.

itis_id: 27192

wikipedia_id: Wax_apple

picture_file_name: 78.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 127178

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:42.000Z

legacy_id: 84

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Tropical fruits

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:19.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:15.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 119950

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00078