- 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
|
|
|