Syzygium suborbiculare x S. forte
Pink bush apple
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Summary
Source: WikipediaSyzygium suborbiculare, the red bush apple or lady apple, is a shrub or small understorey tree native to northern Australia and New Guinea.
Description
A tropical hybrid shrub in the Myrtaceae family growing near Cooktown in Australia, resulting from the cross between Syzygium suborbiculare and S. forte.
Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Medicinal Uses
The fruit is eaten raw by Aboriginal people. The tree is also used as firewood and as a nectar source for bees. The fruit has been regarded among the Aboriginal people as being particularly medicinally effective against respiratory problems. The juice extracted from the boiled or roasted fruit has been used to clear chest congestion or as a cough remedy; the fire-heated leaves were used to heal wounds; the pulp of a cooked fruit has been used to treat a sore ear; chewed fruit or seeds have been used as a remedy against toothache or mouth sores.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows near Cooktown in Australia.
