• 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 rubicundum Wight & Arn.
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Key identification features : Medium sized tree with rough branches. Bark thin. Pale brown. Leaves narrow, gland dotted, prominent on lower side. Fruit small and globose.
• Flower, Fruit : December-April
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Hassan district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Western Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
• Literature : Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2; 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 rubicundum. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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