Makopa is a bell shaped-fruit with waxy skin that comes in pink, white, green and purple colors. It has crisp and light white pulp.
Makopa is native to the Malay archipelago thus it is known to be Malay's apple. It is believed to have been introduced to the Philippines in prehistoric times. There are two main types of makopa in the country; Makopa (Syzygium samarangense )and Makopang Kalabaw( Syzygium malaccensis); one being the smaller variety and the other being the larger variety.
The fruit is mostly eaten raw here in the Philippines with rock salt. Makopa in other languages is known by the names malay apple, rose apple, java apple, curacao apple, pomme de java. In the Philippines, Visayans call it as tambis, while others call it tersana, yanba or yanbu.
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