Syzygium sahyadricum Sujanapal, Robi & Sasidh.

 
  • Family : MYRTACEAE
    (Myrtle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JAMUN FAMILY (जामुन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Myrtaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Syzygium sahyadricum Sujanapal, Robi & Sasidh.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Pottinjaval, Pillanjaval.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Shola
  • Comments / notes : Fairly good populations exist in the Shola of Anamalai and Palni Hills. In some part of Anamudi Shola National Park, indigenous people use the wood for house construction.
  • Key identification features : Trees which grows to a height of 12 m; surface of the bark is pale brown, smooth and surface is inner blush pink; branchlets are quadrangular in shape; shiny grayish- yellow beneath and margins are slightly revolute; lateral nerves are 12–16 in pairs, seen at regular intervals, oblique, horizontal brochidodromus and prominent on both surfaces; Inflorescence is lateral on old leaf scars or axillary, reduced metabotryoid, peduncle flattened towards the apex; Fruits are oblate or obovoid and dark purple
  • Flower, Fruit : December-May
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Southern Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated
  • Literature :
    • Sujanapal. P, A. J. Robi & N. Sasidharan (2014). Syzygium sahyadricum (Myrtaceae), a new tree species from India, and notes on the distribution of S. spathulatum Thwaites. Phytotaxa 174 (5): 285–290
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Syzygium sahyadricum. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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