Syzygium salicifolium (Wight) J.Graham

 
  • Family : MYRTACEAE
    (Myrtle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JAMUN FAMILY (जामुन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Myrtaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Syzygium heyneanum (Duthie) Wall. ex Gambl
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Syzygium salicifolium (Wight) J.Graham
  • Vernacular name :
    • Vellamanchi (Malayalam)
    • Parnera (Hindi)
    • Simpi neerale (Kannada)
    • Chinna neredu (Telugu)
    • Pan-jambhal (Marathi)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests; also along rivers and streams in deciduous forest
  • Key identification features : Flowers white, in small heads, in trichotomous cymes on old stems or in axils of fallen leaves. Calyx obscurely lobed; petals orbicular, calyptrate.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-August
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district, Chandrapur district, Dhule district, Nanded district, Nashik district, Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. pp.11. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Syzygium salicifolium. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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