Syzygium Comparisons

As I said before syzyguims are one of the most prolific of useful wild foods native and none native, here I am showing the White apples (Syzygium cormiflorum) and to show you how similar they can be I’m showing you the White crab apple (Syzygium pseudofastigiatum) along side it. These two are not the most similar there are others much harder to differentiate between but it is a good example.

The White crab apples I found the other day are massive I haven’t seen them this big before so while I had them and the white apple together I did these comparison shots I always find these kind of shots useful with very similar species. Oh and by the way I had to correct an incorrect identification on the white crab apple from previous post some of the plant information on the net is confusing and I got confused with this one, I was really sure it was a Syzygium at first but after scrolling though hundreds of picture I got convinced it was (Schizomeria ovata) so I have changed the post.

Now there are a few different Syzygiums with the common name “white apple” so this can be confusing to and it is even more confusing because like this one I’m showing here it has another very commonly use common name the “bumpy satinash” but the Syzygium genus are all safe as far as I know so it is no biggy as to whether they are edible or not it is more about whether they are palatable or not.
As far a tastes goes this white apple (Syzygium monospermum)  is quite bland, I don’t love it but it is a large abundant fruit so is a good free nutritional food supply, I would probably use this one more as a veggie than a fruit I would put it in stews and breads ect or mixed with nicer fruits. I put both these the white crab apple & the white apple into a smoothy with the blue quandongs and a heap of other fruits and it was great.

While we are talking biggest fruits ever I will also share a picture of the biggest janbal/blue quandong (Elaeocarpus angustifolius) I have ever found yet…….

Note- Aboriginal words use are Kuku Yalangi, when I am on their country I try to use their language where I can.

Note- the coin is an Australian dollar.