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Chandramohan

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ID Please
« on: January 31, 2019, 07:21:03 AM »
Can somebody please identify this Syzygium?


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Re: ID Please
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2019, 09:39:15 AM »
It seems to be Syzygium jambos  (jamrosat)

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« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2019, 09:53:19 PM »
I do not think so . The flowers of this one are red.

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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2019, 10:43:26 PM »
Doing a quick search, there seem to be only two Syzygium species on Reunion: S. jambos (invasive) and S. cymosum (native).  The fruit in the image looks like S. jambos, but S. jambos has white flowers.  Could this be a hybrid between the two?  S. cymosum has pink flowers.  Other relatively common red-flowered Syzygiums are S. malaccense and S. wilsonii, but this is neither of the two.

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« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2019, 01:03:25 AM »
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Doing a quick search, there seem to be only two Syzygium species on Reunion
It was never said that it was from Reunion. Could those fruit be unripe? I think a S. malaccense is most probable culprit, but there are lots of possibilities.

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« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2019, 01:30:41 AM »
I do not think it is S.malaccense, because the fruit is not red, only develops a slight blush, is not spongy, is very sweet and good to eat. It has the texture of S.jambos, but much larger.It is the best of all the Syzygiums I have eaten!

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« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2019, 06:55:07 PM »
Could it be syzygium wilsonii ? just a guess  :P

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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2019, 07:17:14 AM »
Could it be syzygium wilsonii ? just a guess  :P
No, I have Syzygium wilsonii plants. The leaves are too small compared to my photo.

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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2019, 09:07:36 PM »
This, as far as I can make out, is S.malaccense. The fruits are red and about the size of a peach.






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« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2019, 03:49:20 AM »
It would help if you write where you found it an if it seemed to be wild or planted.

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« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2019, 07:30:07 AM »
It would help if you write where you found it an if it seemed to be wild or planted.
Both the trees are in my friend's garden, here in Wynad, Kerala, India and both are planted!

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« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2019, 09:14:33 AM »
S.malaccense can be very light to almost white .I have very large S.malaccense at my back door and has fruit in that size stage right now.Maybe it will turn more color when more mature?Mine is red colored one.
 What surprised me is that it is that sweet so soon at that stage of development, maybe a very good variety?

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« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2019, 10:00:00 AM »
You also have a white cultivar in the syzygium malaccense, but from what you describe it looks like the red cultivar in its early stage.
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« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2019, 10:16:58 PM »
The fruits in the first photo have a different shape when they mature/ripen, like an Areca nut, and do not turn red, only a pink blush at the front end. I will add a photo when they ripen. Also the leaf shape is different.

 

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