Two pale red flushes and a Pink Poui tree

At left of the picture are the pink flowers of the Poui tree (Tabebuia rosea), and on bottom right are the pale brown to red flushes of the Mango tree (Mangifera indica)

Trumpet-shaped flowers of the
Tabebuia rosea

 Just outside the back door are two trees that are producing new leaves and one tree that bears beautiful pink flowers.  These trees provide much shade when I rest in the afternoon or anytime of the day to enjoy filtered light and shade.  Not merely in the park, it seems that this month the Poui trees are flowering all over Bintulu town where ever  they are planted mainly as roadside trees and in green open spaces.   I have planted two varieties at the park, the pink and white varieties.  In other parts of the tropics it has been reported that yellow flowering varieties are available.  Other common names for the tree is 'Tecoma' and 'Trumpet 'tree.  The Jambu Bol tree last year bore a few fruits only, the very first ones.  I hope that towards the end of this year most probably in December the Malay Apple tree will bear an abundance of fruits.

Pale red flushes of the Malay Apple tree or 'Jambu Bol' in Malay (Eugenia malaccensis)
Location : Zone C

The Malay Apple tree is bearing fruit

Jambu Bol or Malay Apple
Syzgium malaccense

The Malay Apple tree - Syzgium malaccense
Family : Myrtaceae
Location : Zone C

The Jambu Bol or Malay Apple tree is bearing fruit for the first time.  It is still a small tree since it was planted about 5 years ago.  The Malay Apple tree is native to Sarawak,  a common tree in the the 60's and 70's that could  be easily seen in kampungs or villages near to towns.  But with the eradication of  kampungs closer to town, it is quite difficult to see them now.  I am fortunate because I have attempted to try planting a few of them at the park for posterity purposes.  The Jambu Bol has many varieties, some are whitish and long, others are oval and pale green and the one planted at the park is the variety with rounded fruit in a mixture of red and white colours on its skin.  It is one of the favourite fruits chosen by Malay women to make the local mixed fruit salad called 'Rojak'.  It is generally sweet in taste.  The tree can be used as ornamental tree and it provides generous shade.