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Syzygium jambos
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.):115. 1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 107. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 180. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 105. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 184. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 161. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 200. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 189. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 123. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 138. 1998; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 290. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 365. 2009.
Eugenia jambos L., Sp. Pl. 470. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 474. 1878.
Jambosa vulgaris DC., Prodr. 3: 286. 1828; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 474(336). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Champa, Jambavam, Malaykachampa, Seemajamba
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Malabar Plum, Pomme rosa, Rose apple
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Description:
Trees, to 15 m high, branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, estipulate; petiole 7-10 mm long, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 10-18 x 2.5-5.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute, obtuse or cuneate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-16 pairs, pinnate, prominent, arched towards the margin forming intra marginal nerves, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, to 6 cm across in terminal cymes to 10 cm; pedicel to 2 cm; calyx tube 1.5 cm, turbinate; lobes 4, 8 x 6 mm, ovate-orbicular, subequal, persistent; petals 4, 1.5 x 1.8 cm, free, concave, spreading, orbicular; disc thick, lining the calyx; stamens many; filaments exserted, basally subconnate, unequal; ovary inferior, to 8 mm long, 2-celled, ovules many; style filiform, subulate. Fruit a berry, 3 x 2.5 cm, white or pink, fleshy, oblong; seeds brown.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Malaysia, planted in Tropical Asia and Australia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Dharppakulam, Vallakkadavu, Damsite, Kunthipuzha dam site area
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