• 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 jambos (L.) Alston
• Common name : Rose Apple, Pomme rose, Malabar Plum
• Vernacular name : Gulabi-jamun, Gulab-jamun ka pedh (Hindi); Jambu neerale, Pannerale (Kannada); Sambanaaval (Tamil); Champeyah (Sanskrit); Champa, Jambavam, Malaykachampa, Seemajamba (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Cultivated
• Comments / notes : Often planted for its edible fruits.
• Flower, Fruit : August-January
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Kolar district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
• Native : Sikkim tarai
• World Distribution : Planted in Tropical Asia and Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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 jambos. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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