Syzygium cumini

 

Family: MYRTACEAE

Malayalam Name(s): Njara, Njaval, Perinnaral, Valiyanjaval

English name(s): Black plum, Jambu, Jambol, Jaman, Java plum, Naval, Neredu

Habit: Tree

Flowering & Fruiting: December-April

Medicinal: Yes

Habitat: Evergreen forests, also in the plains

Description: Medium sized trees; bark white, light pink inside. Leaves to 18 x 8 cm, ovate, oblong, long-acuminate at apex, acute at base; nerves many, close, shining above; petiole 1.5-2 cm long. Panicles to 10 cm across, on leafless branchlets. Flowers 6-9 mm across, subsessile; calyx tube 3 mm broad, turbinate; filaments 7 mm long. Berry 10 x 7 mm, obovoid, deep blue.

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