Editorial photo #10204174 Human Interest

Wax Apple Farming In India

The wax apple (Syzygium samarangense) known as Java apple, Semarang rose-apple, and wax jambu is a tropical fruit that belongs to the genus Syzygium in the family Myrtaceae and is mostly cultivated in Malaysia. The Malaysian climate is suitable for wax apple production but there is increasing concern about the fruit growth, development, and quality of wax apple, a widely cultivated fruit tree in South East Asia. The growth and development of this fruit are sometimes very low due to low photosynthates supply at early growth stages. Wax apple is popular in Southeast Asia and produces red, pink, and green fleshy fruits known as 'Masam manis pink' and 'Jambu madu red' etc. The fruits are eaten raw with salt or cooked as a sauce. Myrtaceae plants are mostly used as medicinal plants for the treatment of bronchitis, asthma, diabetes mellitus, and inflammation syndromes. In addition, the plants' extracts have potent free radical scavenging, antioxidation, antimutation, and anticancer activities, anti-inflammation and antinociceptive activity, wound healing activity, antiulcerogenic effect, antibacterial, anticancer, and also it's potential as a uterotonic agent. This photo was taken at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sargachi at Beldanga, West Bengal; India on 22/6/2023. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)