Chambakka / Rose Apple is a bell shaped fruit is also known as rose apple, water apple, bell fruit, wax apple, love apple, java apple, mountain Apple, or wax jambu. It is a tropical tree with white flowers and bell shaped edible berry. The colour of the fruit may be white, pale green, rose and crimson. The ripened fruit of Chambakka / Rose Apple is red in colour.
Despite its name, rose apple resembles apple only on the outside in colour. It doesn’t tastes like an apple and neither has its fragrance nor the density of an apple. Its flavour is similar to snow pear and the liquid to flesh ratio is comparable to that of watermelon.
We have this tree in our backyard. We got the sapling from one of our family friends. He makes garland out of this fruit. It blossoms in summer. Though at first we were not able to find the name of the fruit, later we found that it is chambakka. I enjoy to see the tree with its red colour fruits. I spent a lot of time in taking snaps because it is a priceless moment that I didnot want to lose.
Medicinal effects
- Rose Water apple fruit can help with diabetes, piles, diarrhoea, sterility in females, dysentery and liver problems.
- It affects the pancreas in diabetics and acts as a block against the conversion of starch into sugar.
- Rose Apple are usually loaded with vitamin C and also fiber, a substance which is proved to reduce cholesterol levels.
- The fruit is a tonic for the brain and liver. An infusion of the fruit behaves as a diuretic.
- Traditional healers prepare a syrup from the flowers to help reduce fever.
- They use a decoction of the leaves to treat sore eyes; it also acts as a diuretic, expectorant, and remedy for rheumatism.
- People consume the juice extracted from macerated leaves as a febrifuge.
- Healers apply powdered leaves to the bodies of smallpox sufferers to produce a cooling effect.
- The seeds contain a glucose compound called jamboline, which they dry and grind into a powder. People mix this powder with water and consume it three to four times a day to help lower sugar levels in the urine.
- They have oleonic acid that act as an anti HIV agent.
- Rose Apple has shown to prevent the development of prostrate and breast cancer.
- I just found out these health benefits, now I have all the more reasons to use it for cooking.
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Where can we get this fruit???I m in chennai
Normally this fruit grows in kerala. I get it from my backyard:)
Ohhh OK Thank u
How is the seed harvested? How long does it take for this plant to grow and bear fruit? and can this be grown in a medium sized flower pot?
Hi.. We planted the sapling. I dont remember the exact time for the plant to mature. But once it matures, it yields a lot of fruits. And it should be planted on the soil.
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I wish these were available in the US, they sound great and so many health benefits.
where can i buy this plant & shipped to nj,usa
This plant mostly grows in the state of Kerala, India. So the sapling must be available there.
In West Bengal this fruit is well available but in white variant. I’ve seen only white coloured variant of this fruit which is called as JAMRUL in Bengali. As I like this fruit very much I planted it at my small back yard and that tree is giving fruit from last season. Initially it gave 5 fruits and second time it gave around 60 fruits some of which I used for puja and distribution to neighbours. I’m waiting for next crop…it is really delicious and amazing to get from own tree.
That’s nice Gautham… Yeah the yield is more in sec, third years than in the first year… It is abundant in Vitamin C and is very healthy…
I have been searching everywhere, where would one find out how to make the brain tonic… I am very interested
Does it need female n male plant or one single chambakka plant can only yeild fruit ?
Hi Roshmy, It is one single plant
Niranjana,
This Plant is available in my home in Kerala. The fruit is pink-colour and it will become blood-red and sweet when fully ripened,
We used to prepare Juice, Pickles, and Wine.
There is another type of Champakka called Panineer Champakka, the taste is entirely different,
Nice to know more info about it. Thank you.