Herbarium JCB

Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston

Family : MYRTACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Myrtaceae
Species : Syzygium jambos
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
Common name : Rose Apple
Vernacular name : Champeyah (San.); 'Gulab' Jamun (Hin.); Jambu neerale, Pannerale (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 9670, KFP 10371, CJS 12850
Key identification features : A large evergreen tree with spreading branches. Bark is grey with faint fissures. Leaves are simple, rather elongated and shiny. Inflorescences appear at the branch ends. Flowers are upto 8 cm, fragrant and showy with numerous exserted stamens. Fruits bear a crown of persistent sepals are fleshy, globose and 3-4 cm across with one or two large seeds. The fleshy rind of the fruit with characteristic aroma is edible. The tree is cultivated for its fruits.
Habit : Tree
Native : South-east Asia
Comments : Cultivated sometimes for its edible fruit.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi