✅ Syzygium aqueum

Traditional Herbs from Syzygium aqueum

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• Take 4 fingers of water guava bark, honey to taste, 5 glasses of water.
• Wash the bark then cut it into pieces. Boil until it boils and half the water remains, after it cools strain it, add honey as needed." ,"Drink 3 times a day, each glass.

What is Syzygium aqueum Looks like??

Parts of Syzygium aqueum that could be used

• Bark
• Fruit
• Stem

Syzygium aqueum Distribution

Originating from Brazil, then spread to India, Thailand, China, Central and South American countries. The water guava plant is related to the clove, guava and guava plants. Apart from being served as table fruit, salad and pickles, this plant can be used as medicine, including by using the bark as a medicine for canker sores.
Agroecology of Syzygium aqueum
Grows well at an altitude of 5-500 m above sea level. Direct sunlight with an intensity of 40-80%, temperature ranging from 10-28 °C, humidity 50-80%. Grows well in the long dry season and with good drainage.
Morphology of Syzygium aqueum

• The taproot has smaller root branches.
• The lower stem is large, smaller at the top, the surface is smooth.
• The leaves are oblong, the tip of the leaf is blunt, generally green at the top.
• Flowers consists of 2 crowns, whitish yellow, located in the axils of the leaves.
• Buni fruit, single, fleshy, smooth surface, generally bell-like, round-triangular, curved-oval.
• Seeds are round, white-brown, amount 4-5 are located inside the guava fruit.

Cultivation of Syzygium aqueum

• Generative propagation, namely by seeds, vegetatively by grafting, grafting and cutting.
• Harvest twice a year if the water guava uses grafted seeds, bears fruit 8-12 months after planting.

Syzygium aqueum, more details :

Chemical Content of Syzygium aqueum
Myricetin, phenolics, flavonoids, essential oils, hexahydroxyflavone, steroids, terpenoids, tannins, glycosides, formic acid, tartaric acid, phenolic, β-carotene.
Benefits of Syzygium aqueum
Overcoming inflammation, caring for healthy skin, yaws, controlling blood sugar, preventing muscle cramps, controlling bad cholesterol levels, caring for the digestive tract, treating malaria and pneumonia.
Simplisia of Syzygium aqueum

• Choose healthy water guava branches, wash the stems thoroughly with running water, drain and wipe with a clean cloth.
• Arrange them in a tray/container then dry in the sun for 12 days.
• Store in airtight plastic.

Another Facts for Syzygium aqueum :

Synonym of Syzygium aqueum
Cerocarpus aqueus (Burm.f.) Hassk., Eugenia aquea Burm.f., Eugenia callophylla (Miq.) Reinw. ex de Vriese
Habitus of Syzygium aqueum
Tree. Annual tree, reaching 3-10 m high
Habitat of Syzygium aqueum

• Mainland