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It is also called beach apple. [5] A present-day Spanish name is manzanilla de la muerte, 'little apple of death'. This refers to the fact that manchineel is one of the most toxic trees in the world: it has milky-white sap that contains numerous toxins and can cause blistering. The sap is present in every part of the tree—bark, leaves, and fruit.
Its common names include watery rose apple, water apple and bell fruit, [2] and jambu in Malay and several Indian languages. The tree is cultivated for its wood and edible fruit. The fruit is a fleshy whitish-pinkish to yellowish-pinkish or red berry which is bell shaped, waxy and crisp. Syzygium aqueum is native to tropical Asia and Queensland ...
Syzygium malaccense has a number of English common names. It is known as a Malay rose apple, or simply Malay apple, mountain apple, rose apple, Otaheite apple, pink satin-ash, plumrose and pommerac (derived from pomme Malac, meaning "Malayan apple" in French). [2]
This fast-growing tree can reach up to 20 m (66 ft) in its native range of Melanesia and Polynesia; however, it usually averages 10–12 m (30–40 ft) in other areas. Spondias dulcis has deciduous , pinnate leaves, 20–60 cm (8–24 in) in length, composed of 9 to 25 glossy, elliptic or obovate-oblong leaflets 9–10 cm (3.5–3.9 in) long ...
Acer saccharinum, commonly known as silver maple, [3] creek maple, silverleaf maple, [3] soft maple, large maple, [3] water maple, [3] swamp maple, [3] or white maple, [3] is a species of maple native to the eastern and central United States and southeastern Canada. [3] [4] It is one of the most common trees in the United States.
The Augusta, Lady Gregory play called The Golden Apple: A Play for Kiltartan Children is a fable in the invented Kiltartan dialect based on Irish mythology and folklore. The Golden Apples is the name of Southern writer, Eudora Welty's, fourth short story collection, published in 1949. The stories are interrelated and center around the citizens ...
The upper surface is light to dark green. Leaves of the A. glabra are said to have a distinct smell, similar to green apples, that can distinguish it from mangroves. [4] The fruit is oblong through spherical and apple-sized or larger, 7–15 cm long and up to 9 cm diameter, and falls when it is green or ripening yellowish. It disperses by ...
Wild apple trees usually reach age 10 to 12 in this period. [7] The number of fruits increase significantly as prominent secondary growth and branching take place. [7] Period III involves more growth and fruit bearing. [7] Wild apple trees enter regular fruiting and reach maximum fruit bearing in this period, and usually reach age 25 to 30. [7]