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Taxon:
Syzygium cumini
(L.) Skeels
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Syzygium
Family:
Myrtaceae
Subfamily:
Myrtoideae
Tribe:
Syzygieae
Nomen number:
36128
Place of publication:
Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 248:25. 1912
Verified:
09/18/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Myrtus cumini
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Eugenia cumini
(L.) Druce
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Caryophyllus jambos
Stokes
Eugenia jambolana
Lam.
Syzygium jambolanum
(Lam.) DC.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Note:
based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
http://www.skud.info
Boutelje, J. B.
Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1981. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980- 2:443-444.
Duke, J. A. et al.
CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Facciola, S.
Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
Note:
Kampong Publications
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Note:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Syzygium+cumini&quantity=1
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
Hanelt, P., ed.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Hara, H. et al.
An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
Henderson, L.
Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001
Kala, C. P. et al.
2004. Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India. Biodivers. & Conservation 13:460.
http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/evolutionary+%26+developmental+biology/journal/10531
Luna, R. K.
Plantation trees. 1996
Note:
International Book Distributors
Mabberley, D. J.
The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
National Academy of Sciences.
Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. 1980
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Smith, A. C.
Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds.
1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 2:294.
http://proseanet.org
Weber, E.
Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
jambolan –
Reference(s)
Java-plum –
Reference(s)
Malabar-plum –
Reference(s)
Portuguese-plum –
Reference(s)
rose-apple –
Reference(s)
French
jamélongue –
Reference(s)
jambolanier –
Reference(s)
jamelongier –
Reference(s)
German
Jambolanapflaume –
Reference(s)
Rosenapfel –
Reference(s)
Wachsjambuse –
Reference(s)
India (Hindi)
jaman –
Reference(s)
Italian
iambul –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
jambolão –
Reference(s)
Spanish
guayabo pesgua –
Reference(s)
yambolana –
Reference(s)
Swedish
jambolanäpple –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
2
Cultivated
widely cult.
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Mauritius
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Reunion
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Seychelles
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Northern America
United States
s.e.
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Southern America
South America
tropical
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
West Indies
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Galapagos Islands
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guangxi]
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius
,
Reunion
,
Seychelles
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
Northern America
REGION:
United States
(s.e.)
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
Southern America
REGION:
South America
(tropical)
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador
[Galapagos Islands]
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Bee plants
Environmental
ornamental (fide Firewood Cr; Invasive Pl Spec) –
Reference(s)
Fuels
potential as fuelwood (fide Firewood Cr) –
Reference(s)
Human food
fruit (fide F Ceylon; Cornucopia; Invasive Pl Spec; F TE Afr) –
Reference(s)
Materials
wood (timber fide Ency WTimber; Plant Trees) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Biodiv Conserv 13:460. 2004) –
Reference(s)
Weed
(fide Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses