• Family : MYRTACEAE
  (Myrtle Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : JAMUN FAMILY (जामुन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MYRTACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Syzygium montanum Gamble; Eugenia montana Wight
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Syzygium grande (Wight) Walp.
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen and shola forests
• Comments / notes : This species seems to exhibit two leaf forms. The low elevation form shows oblong elliptic lanceolate leaves and is seen at elevations of up to 1200 m in Kodagu and Wayanad. The high elevation form is seen at 1500-2200 m in shola forests of Nilgiris and Megamalai hills and shows more ovate orbicular and glaucous leaves.
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district
  • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district, Theni district
• Endemism : Western Ghats
• Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
• Literature : Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats; 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 tamilnadensis. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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