Syzygium chavaran (Bourd.) Gamble

 
  • 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 chavaran (Bourd.) Gamble
  • Vernacular name : Chavaran (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Trees large, bark light brown to grey; blaze red; leaves simple, glabrous; flowers bisexual. Fruit, light blue to pink when ripe.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-June
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
    • Kerala : Palakkad district, Thrissur district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Literature : P.V.P. Mayurnathan. 1929. Fl. Madras city 480; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • 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 chavaran. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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