When you look into this fruit, its nowhere looks like a rose-apple combination. But, there's a reason why its named so.
The fruit somewhat looks like a rippen yellow guava from outside. However, its unlike any other fruit and is hollow inside with loose seeds.
Now, the reason the word rose is attached in its name is because it smells, and tastes like rose water, with some floral texture. The fruit has soft-crispy and slightly sweet taste . It is used for jellies, desserts and syrups.
Medicinal use:
The fruit is used for the fever reduction, also the seeds can be used during diarrhea, and diabeties. Its syrup is also.used as medicine for brain, and liver.
The tree looks like shrubs for now. It is said it can go upto 20 feet high. The fruit really provides fragrance of the rose around the garden.