• Family : MYRTACEAE
  (Myrtle Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : JAMUN FAMILY (जामुन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MYRTACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Eugenia alternifolium
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Syzygium alternifolium (Wight) Walp.
• Vernacular name : Mogi, Movi, Manchi moyadi (Telugu)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Frequent
• Flower, Fruit : December-June
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Prakasam district, Kadapa district
  • Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Syzygium alternifolium. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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