• Family : MYRTACEAE
  (Myrtle Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : JAMUN FAMILY (जामुन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MYRTACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston
• Vernacular name : Kunta neerale, Kuntangila (Kannada); Cherujara, Kani, Karinjara, Njara, Pottinjaval (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : Occasionally cultivated for its spicy flower buds.
• Flower, Fruit : February-June
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district (FRLHT Campus), Udupi district, Shivamogga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Chikkamagaluru district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
• Native : India to Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
• Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
• 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 caryophyllatum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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