Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels
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| Family: | MYRTACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Black Plum | ||||
| Synonym: | Myrtus cumini L. | ||||
| Common Name: | Jambol, Java plum | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | December - April | ||||
| Distribution: | Indo-Malaysia | ||||
| Habitat: | Evergreen forests, also in the plains | ||||
| Uses: | Fruits edible, timber yielding. The seeds and bark are well known for the treatment of dysentery and in the control of hyperglycaemia and glycosuria in diabetic patients. A coffee-like beverage is made from the dried and ground up seeds. | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Black plums are medium sized trees; bark white, light pink inside. Leaves ovate, oblong, long-acuminate at apex, acute at base; nerves many, close, shining above. Panicles to 10 cm across, on leafless branchlets. Flowers, subsessile; calyx tube, turbinate. Fruit is a Berry, obovoid, deep blue. | ||||