• Family : MYRTACEAE
  (Myrtle Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : JAMUN FAMILY (जामुन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MYRTACEAE
• Basionym : Eugenia cerasoides Roxb.
• Synonym(s) : Syzygium operculatum (Roxb.) Nicolezu; Syzygium cerasoides (Roxb.) Chatt. & Kanjilal; Syzygium cerasoides (Roxb.) Raizada (Invalid)
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Syzygium nervosum A.Cunn. ex DC.
• Common name : Rai Jamun
• Vernacular name : Paiman, Rai Jamun (Hindi); Satyam, Bawal (Oria)
• Habit : Tree
• Comments / notes : Common in Nothern Eastern Ghats
• Key identification features : Medium sized evergreen tree, leaves broadly oval, leathery, with not-so distinct marginal nerves. Flowers in clusters. Stamens numerous, exerted. Fruit dark purple, ovoid berry, edible. Bark is grey dark
• Flower, Fruit : April-August
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Davanagare district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Bangladesh
• 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; K.S.Rao-Flowering Plants of IISC, 2009; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
• 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 nervosum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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