Help ID fruit Bonita Springs, FL

[fliptop]

Anyone have any idea what this is? The fruit are about the size of an olive. I'm hoping it's something edible as there are a bunch of fruit still left on the tree. Thanks!

[shot]

Syzygium cumini  aka java plum

[fliptop]

Thanks, shot! We'll try some tomorrow.

[dwfl]

Some can be very sweet but most I've tried are also astringent. Eat a dark one and report back on taste!

[fliptop]

Not a fan. Mildly sweet and very astringent. The experience reminded me of eating American Beautyberry.

[Nyuu]

Not a fan. Mildly sweet and very astringent. The experience reminded me of eating American Beautyberry.

The American Beautyberry doesn't have much flavor at all .

[bsbullie]

Not a fan. Mildly sweet and very astringent. The experience reminded me of eating American Beautyberry.

Was that from a street planting?

[FMfruitforest]

Not a fan. Mildly sweet and very astringent. The experience reminded me of eating American Beautyberry.

The American Beautyberry doesn't have much flavor at all .

Damn that bad lol ill never forget eating beauty berry

[fliptop]

Rob, yes, it was in an open field along a street. A lot of fermenting fruit littered the ground beneath it.

Nyuu, it wasn't so much the taste that reminded me of Beautyberry (though both are mild to me) as the astringency.

FMfruitforest, I'm glad I didn't like the taste. It means I don't have to find a way to include another big tree on my lot, ha!

[Triphal]

Contains one big bitter seed. Seedless varieties are released about two decades ago. Astringent. But over ripened fruits taste better and the tongue and roof of the mouth gets purple coated and feels rough and dry. The dried seeds concoction is used in Asia to control diabetes II.

[johnb51]

What do you think of cocoplum, natal plum, and seagrape?  My favorite of the three is natal plum.

[fliptop]

Same, John. I actually like Natal Plum and have some planted out. It's a pretty shrub. I like SeaGrape okay and it's a beautiful tree but don't have any space for one (except maybe bonsai?). Marie Selby Gardens has an awesome bonsai SeaGrape. Cocoplum is bland but I'll eat them. I planted some fresh seeds of one. They took many months to sprout but now they're ready to go out in the yard.