Syzygium formosum (Wall.) Mason

 
  • Family : MYRTACEAE
    (Myrtle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JAMUN FAMILY (जामुन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Myrtaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Eugenia formosa Wall.; Eugenia lancifolia Miq.; Eugenia lilacina Merr.; Eugenia nemoricola Ridl.; Eugenia perakensis King; Eugenia pseudoformosa King; Eugenia ternifolia Roxb.; Jambosa formosa (Wall.) G.Don; Jambosa insignis Blume; Jambosa lancifolia Miq.; Jambosa mappacea Korth.; Jambosa ternifolia Sweet; Jambosa ternifolia (Roxb.) Walp.; Syzygium insigne (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry; Syzygium lancifolium (Miq.) Merr. & L.M.Perry; Syzygium lilacinum (Merr.) Merr. & L.M.Perry; Syzygium mappaceum (Korth.) Merr. & L.M.Perry; Syzygium perakense (King) I.M.Turner; Syzygium pseudoformosum (King) Merr. & L.M.Perry; Syzygium ternifolium (Roxb.) P.H.Hô
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Syzygium formosum (Wall.) Mason
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Forests, Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Evergreen trees up to 10 m tall; Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic-oblanceolate, acuminate; margin entire; Flowers showy, in axillary corymbose cymes, bisexual, fragrant, sepals 4, united; petals 4, free, white; stamens many, free, style long linear; Fruits globose, fleshy, with persistent calyx, green when young, white or pink when mature, one-seeded fruit; seed hard, greenish.
  • Flower, Fruit : March- August
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Native : India, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Bhutan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Bhutan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Island, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 505
    • Navendu Page., Aparajita Datta., Bibidishananda Basu (2022). Trees of Arunachal Pradesh-a field guide, Pg: 346-347
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Syzygium formosum. Downloaded on 8 November 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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