PlantFiles: Malay Apple
Syzygium malaccense

In Hawaii most folks call the Malay Apple "Mountain Apple". In rainforest settings such as Hana, Mountain Apple will grow to 50 feet if in competition with other trees. Individual trees planted in open settings grow to half that height. Flowers are spectacular, many stamened and a bright rosey pink. The rosey stamens litter the forest floor beneath the trees, making these trees easy to find even if you cannot see the flowering canopy itself in dense forest.

Lovely pictures. I grew up in Trinidad, W.I. (Caribbean). We call them pomeracs there. Delicious fruit when ripe. One mature tree can bear 50-100 lbs of fruit around Oct/Nov, if I remember correctly. So much so that you can't give them away and they end up rotting on the ground. Now I live in Seattle and long just 1.

Malay Apples are called Mountain Apples in Hawaii and grow quite profusely here. Not unusual to see them in many backyards.

The fruit can be a delicate waxy pinkish white or a deep red. Very juicy when ripe. The blooms (and fruit) grow directly attached to the branches of the tree. Not usually seen as a "value added food product" but commonly eaten out of hand.