Herbarium JCB

Syzygium laetum (Ham.) Gandhi

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 laetum (Buch.-Ham.) Gandhi
Common name : Madle
Vernacular name : Dev Jambhul (Hindi); Kollinjaval, Kattuchamba, Manjachamba (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Evergreen forests
Comments / notes : Distinguished from Syzygium hemisphericum based on number of secondary nerves (6-8 in Syzygium laetum and 8-10 in Syzygium hemisphericum); found at elevations of about 200-1250 m.
Key identification features : A small evergreen tree with slender terete drooping branches. Leaves are opposite, lanceolate and acuminate. Flowers occur in drooping, terminal, corymbose cymes. Flowers are with many scarlet red or white projecting stamens. Fruits 2-3 cm., ellipsoid, reddish-brown. Bark is brown and minutely scaly.
Flower, Fruit : December-July
Collection Nos : KFP 12580, CJS 12945, CJS 15813
Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
Native : India
Endemism : Western Ghats
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats
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 laetum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.