• 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 hemisphericum (Wight) Alston
• Common name : Panner-fruit Tree
• Vernacular name : Bana neerale, Pannerale (Kannada); Pannerkoyia, Vellainyaral (Tamil); Payanjaval, Tholnjaval, Venjara, Venyara (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen and shola forests at elevations of about 170-1610 m.
• Comments / notes : Sometimes planted
• Flower, Fruit : March-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Pathanamthitta district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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 hemisphericum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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