Rose apple

Syzygium jambos

What rose apple has been studied for

1 association assessed — none with dependable human evidence behind them yet. Strongest first.

1 Insufficient

Blood glucose responseBlood Sugar & Metabolic Health · 1 sourceInsufficient— jump to the detail and sources

2 things to know first — allergies, interactions and intake limits

About rose apple

A pale, crisp, hollow-centred tropical fruit that smells and tastes distinctly of roses. Light and watery rather than sweet, and eaten fresh where it grows across Southeast Asia and the Caribbean.

Also known as Malabar plum, Jambu, Plum rose, Pomarrosa

Blood Sugar & Metabolic Health

The evidence in depth

Best supported: Insufficient

What each association actually rests on, and the papers behind it. A rating describes the state of the research, not how impressive the food is. How we rate evidence.

Blood glucose response

Blood Sugar & Metabolic Health

Insufficient evidence

Syzygium leaf and bark extracts appear in traditional medicine and in animal studies of glucose metabolism. There is no human research on the fruit, and none of that work supports a claim about eating it.

Insufficient evidence. Not enough human research to say anything useful yet.

1 source

Effect of tea prepared from leaves of Syzygium jambos on glucose tolerance in nondiabetic subjects.(opens in a new tab)
Randomised controlled trial · Diabetes care · 1990 · PMID 2209336

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Key nutrients

Nutrient content per 100 grams
Nutrient	Amount	% DV
Macronutrients
Calories	25 kcal	1%
Protein	0.6 g	1%
Total fat	0.3 g	0%
Carbohydrate	5.7 g	2%
Water	93 g	—
Fats
Cholesterol	0 mg	0%
Vitamins
Vitamin A	17 µg	2%
Vitamin C	22.3 mg	25%
Thiamin (B1)	0.02 mg	2%
Riboflavin (B2)	0.03 mg	2%
Niacin (B3)	0.8 mg	5%
Vitamin B12	0 µg	0%
Minerals
Calcium	29 mg	2%
Iron	0.07 mg	0%
Magnesium	5 mg	1%
Phosphorus	8 mg	1%
Potassium	123 mg	3%
Sodium	0 mg	0%
Zinc	0.06 mg	1%
Copper	0.016 mg	2%
Manganese	0.029 mg	1%
Other measured compounds
Ash	0.4 g	—

Nutrient values are per 100 g of the USDA reference entry named on this page and vary with variety, growing conditions, storage and preparation.

Source record: Rose-apples, raw (USDA FoodData Central, FDC ID 168171).

% DV uses the FDA Daily Values for adults and children aged 4 and over. A dash means no Daily Value has been established for that nutrient.

Bioactive compounds

Compounds present in meaningful amounts. Presence is banded rather than quantified, because whole-food levels vary enormously with variety, growing conditions, storage and preparation.

How preparation changes things

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Nothing dependable is recorded about how preparation changes this food’s nutritional properties. Rather than guess, this section stays empty.

Things to know

Allergies, interactions and intake concerns. Every food gets this section — a reference where everything is uniformly good is not a reference.

Worth knowing
Seeds and leaves are not food
The loose seeds in the hollow centre, along with the leaves and bark, are reported to contain cyanogenic compounds and are discarded. Only the crisp flesh is eaten.
Worth knowing
Names are used loosely
Several Syzygium species are sold as rose apple, wax apple or water apple, and they differ in size, colour and texture. USDA figures for this entry apply to Syzygium jambos.