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In Brazil, various parts of the plant are used as remedies for constipation, diabetes, coughs, pulmonary catarrh, headache and other ailments.

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The juice of crushed leaves is applied as a skin lotion and is added to baths. Cambodians take a decoction of the fruit, leaves or seeds as a febrifuge. The root bark is useful against dysentery, also serves as an emmenagogue and abortifacient. The root acts as a diuretic and is given to alleviate edema. A preparation of the root is a remedy for itching.

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Malayans apply a powder of the dried leaves on a cracked tongue. 'The patient must exercise absolute self-control as the liquid bums its way into the flesh and nerves.' In the Molucca, or Spice, Islands, a decoction of the bark is used to treat thrush. It is pounded together with salt, the crushed material is strained through coconut husk fiber, and the juice poured into a deep cut. It is difficult to work, but is employed for construction, railway ties, and for fashioning bowls and poi-boards in Hawaii.Īccording to Akana's translation of Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, the astringent bark has been much used in local remedies. Wood: The timber is reddish, soft to hard, tough and heavy, but inclined to warp. *According to analyses made in Hawaii, El Salvador and Ghana. Young leaves and shoots, before turning green, are consumed raw with rice or are cooked and eaten as greens.įood Value Per 100 g of Edible Portion (Flesh)* In Indonesia, the flowers are eaten in salads or are preserved in sirup. In making white wine, the fruits are peeled, the only liquid is the fruit juice, and less sugar is used, only 1 1/4 lbs (565 g) per gallon, so as to limit alcohol formation over a fermenting period of 3 to 6 months. It will be of a pale-rose color so artificial color is added to give it a rich-red hue. The barrels are kept in the coolest place possible for 6 months to 1 year, then the wine is filtered. Yeast is added and a coil inserted to maintain circulation of the water. To this material, they add twice the amount of water and 1 1/2 lbs (680 g) of white sugar per gallon, and pour into sterilized barrels with the mouth covered soon with cheesecloth. The seeds are removed and, for red wine, the fruits are passed through a meat grinder and the resulting juice and pulp weighed. The fruits are picked as soon as they are fully colored (not allowed to fall) and immediately dipped in boiling water for one minute to destroy surface bacteria and fungi. In Puerto Rico, both red and white table wines are made from the Malay apple. The slightly unripe fruits are used for making jelly and pickles. They are sometimes made into sauce or preserves. Malay apples are often cooked with acid fruits to the benefit of both. Malayan people may add the petals of the red-flowered hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.) to make the product more colorful. Asiatic people in Guyana stew the peeled fruit, cooking the skin separately to make a sirup which they add to the cooked fruit. It is best stewed with cloves or other flavoring and served with cream as dessert. The ripe fruit is eaten raw though many people consider it insipid. The yield varies from 48 to 188 lbs (21-85 kg) per tree. For marketing, they must be hand-picked to avoid damage and to have longer shelf-life.

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Fruits mature in 60 days from the full opening of the flowers and they fall quickly after they become fully ripe and deteriorate rapidly. The spring and fall flowering seasons produce the biggest crops.

In Puerto Rico, the tree may flower 2 or 3 times a year, in spring, summer and fall, the blooming season covering 40 to 60 days. In India, the main crop occurs from May to July and there is often a second crop in November and December. The fruiting season is about the same around Castleton Gardens in Jamaica but at the lower level of Kingston it is earlier and ends during the first week of June. In Java, the tree flowers in May and June and the fruits ripen in August and September. The tree grows fast and large, and they typically have a Christmas tree shape. The trees fruit prolifically, and larger fruit size can be achieved by thinning the crop and watering heavily. The taste can be described as a rose water flavored apple, and they are pleasant and cooling to eat. The fruit are bell shaped and can be up to eight inches long. Unlike the wax jambu the malay apple has a single marbled sized seed that separates easily from the pulp.

The malay apple or Otaheite Apple is a close relative to the wax jambu and the rose apple.

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