MAKOPA

1. SCIENTIFIC NAMES
Syzygium samarangense
Eugenia javanica Lam.
Eugenia samarangensis (Blume) O.Berg
Jambosa javanica (Lam.) K.Schum. & Lauterb.
Jambosa samarangensis (Blume) DC.
Myrtus javanica (Lam.) Blume
Myrtus samarangensis Blume
2. COMMON NAMES (LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL)
Local names
o Makopa
o Tambis
International names
o Jambu air (Indonesian and Malay name)
o Jamrul (Bengali language)
o Mn (Southern part of Vietnam)
o Roi hoa trng (Northern part of Vietnam)
o (Thailand)
o Lembu or lian-woo (Taiwan and China)
English names
o Wax apple
o Love apple
o Java apple
o Royal apple
o Bell fruit (or bellfruit)
o Jamaican apple
o Water apple
o Mountain apple
o Cloud apple
o Wax jambu
o Rose apple
3. TAXONOMICAL CLASSIFICATION
o Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Syzygium
Species: S. samarangense

4. FOLKLORIC USES
o Not known in the Philippines for its medicinal properties.
o In the Moluccas, the astringent bark is used for making a mouthwash for thrush
(dapulak).
o A root-bark decoction used for dysentery and amenorrhea.
o Malays applies the dried, powdered leaves for cracked tongues.
o Root applied to itches.
o For sore throat, the inner bark is scraped or the whole bark is decocted.
o Root-bark used as abortifacient; also for amenorrhea and dysentery.
o In Hawaii, juice of salted pounded bark used for wounds.
o In Molucca, decoction of bark used for thrush.
o Malayans use powdered dried leaves for cracked tongues. Root preparations for itching.
o In Cambodia, decoction of fruit, leaves and seeds used for fever. Juice of leaves used for
baths and lotions. The root is considered diuretic.
o In Brazil, used for diabetes, cough, headaches, constipation.
o In Malaysian Borneo, Malaysian Borneo, decoction of stem and bark for diarrhea.
5. INDUSTRIAL/PHARMACEUTICAL/PHARMACOLOGICAL USES
o Anti-inflammatory. (Flavan-3-ols isolated from some medicinal plants inhibiting COX1 and COX-2 catalysed prostaglandin biosynthesis. Noreen Y.. Serrano G., Perera P.,
Bohlin L.)
o Antioxidant. (Quantitative analysis of antiradical phenolic constituents from fourteen
edible Myrtaceae fruits. Kurt A Reynertson, Hui Yang)
o Aldose Reductase Inhibition / Cataract Prevention. (Inhibition of aldose reductase by
herbs extracts and natural substances and their role in prevention of cataracts. Dr. Angel
Guzmani, Dr. Ricardo Guerrero)
o Hypoglycemic / Hypolipidemic. (Evaluation of the Hypoglycemic, Hypolipidaemic and
Hepatic Glycogen Raising Effects of Syzygium malaccense Upon Streptozotocin Induced
Diabetic Rats. K. L. Bairy, A. Sharma, Adiga Shalini)
o Subacute Toxicity Testing / Hematological and Liver Tissue Effects. (Sub-Acute
Evaluation of Extract of Syzygium malaccense in Albino Rats. Abiodun Humphrey
Adebayo, Oyinlade Cecilia Ogundare and Oluwatobi Samuel Adegbite)