WATER APPLE BINOMIAL NAME IS SYZYGIUM SAMARANGENSE , WATER APPLE BELONGS TO MYRTACEAE FAMILY , IT IS WIDELY CULTIVATED IN TROPICAL AREAS . IT HAS MANY NAMES INCLUDE JAMBU AIR , WAX APPLE , LOVE APPLE , MOUNTAIN APPLE , CLOUD APPLE , BELL FRUIT , ROSE APPLE .
WATER APPLE GROWN 12 METRE TALL , LEAVES ARE 10-25 CM LONG AND 5-10 CM BROAD . THE FRUIT IS A BELL SHAPED , EDIBLE BERRY WITH COLORS RANGING FROM WHITE , GREEN , RED ,PURPLE . THE FRUIT FREQUENTLY USED IN SALADS . WATER APPLE FRUIT WAS USED IN WIDE VARIETY OF DISEASES. WATER APPLE CAN GROWN IN ORCHIDS , GARDENS AND PARKS AS AN ORNAMENTAL PLANT .
NUTRIENT VALUE OF WATER APPLE EACH 100 g INGREDIENTS.
WATER --------------------------------- 93 g
ENERGY ------------------------------- 25 K.CAL
PROTEIN ------------------------------- 0.60 g
FAT--------------------------------------- 0.30 g
CARBOHYDRATES ----------------------- 5.70 g
MINERALS
CALCIUM ------------------------------------------29 mg
MAGNESIUM ---------------------------------------- 5 mg
PHOSPHOROUS ------------------------------------- 8 mg
POTASSIUM ------------------------------------------- 123 mg
VITAMINS
VITAMIN-C ------------------------------------------- 22.3 mg
NIACIN --------------------------------------------------- 0.8 mg
VITAMIN-A RAE ---------------------------------------- 17 ug
VITAMIN -A IU -------------------------------------------- 339 IU
( DATA SOURCE FROM : USDA National Nutrient Database )
MEDICINAL USES :
WATER APPLE IS USED IN TREAT FEVER AND HALT DIARRHEA , WATER APPLE CONTAINS DESMETHOXYMATTEUCINOL , THIS IS USED IN PREVENTION OF DIARRHEA , VOMITING , ABDOMINAL PAIN AND CRAMPING , THIS ACID ALSO USED IN PREVENTION OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND MENINGITIS .
WATER APPLE CONTAIN OLEANIC ACID , THIS ACID IS USED IN PREVENTION OF LIVER DAMAGE.THIS ACID ALSO USED AS ANTI-TUMOR AND ANTI -VIRAL.
WATER APPLE CONTAIN B-SITOSTEROL , THIS IS USED IN REDUCE BLOOD CHOLESTEROL LEVELS AND INVOLUNTARY URINATION.
WATER APPLE CONTAINS VITAMIN-C , SO THIS IS USED IN PREVENTION OF SCURVY DISEASE .VITAMIN-C IS USED IN TREATMENT OF CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS .VITAMIN-C INCREASE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND USED IN TREATMENT OF COMMON COLD.
WATER APPLE CONTAIN VITAMIN-A , SO VITAMIN -A PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE THROUGHOUT THE BODY SUCH AS 1) INCREASE EYE SIGHT AND PREVENT NIGHT BLINDNESS (2) TREATMENT OF DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASES (3) IMMUNE FUNCTION (4) BONE METABOLISM (5) EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT AND REPRODUCTION (6) ANTI -OXIDANT ACTIVITY.
WATER APPLE CONTAIN POTASSIUM , SO POTASSIUM PREVENT HYPER TENSION , DIARRHEA . POTASSIUM PREVENT URINARY LOSS , VOMITING. IF SERUM POTASSIUM LEVELS ARE MAINTAIN WITH NORMAL RANGE SOME CARDIAC , KIDNEY , AND LUNG DISEASES ARE PREVENTED .POTASSIUM DECREASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE .
WATER APPLE CONTAIN CALCIUM ,SO CALCIUM PLAYS IMPORTANT ROLE IN BUILDING STRONGER , DENSER BONES EARLY IN LIFE AND KEEPING BONES STRONG AND HEALTHY LATER IN LIFE .CALCIUM PREVENT RICKETS AND OSTEOPOROSIS . CALCIUM PREVENT HYPOCALCAEMIA DISEASE .
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