General Information
Malay Apple (Syzygium malaccense, Family Myrtaceae) is also known as Mountain Apple, Otaheite Apple, Pommerac, and cashew, or French cashew (Guyana) or Otaheite cashew (India) because of its resemblance to the cashew apple, the pseudofruit or swollen fruit-stalk of the cashew nut. It is a fruit native to Malaysia, as well as many caribbean countries such as Trinidad and Tobago. A delight to the eye in every respect, the Malay apple is much admired for the beauty of the tree, its flowers and its colorful, glistening fruits, without parallel in the family Myrtaceae. The fruit is oblong-shaped and dark red in colour, although some varieties have white or pink skin. The flesh is white and surrounds a large seed.
