Jamun
ನೇರಳೆजामुनநாவல் மரம்
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels
- light
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- water
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- tall
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- wide
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Myrtaceae
Also called Java plum, Malabar plum, Jambolan, Jambolan plum
Formerly Calyptranthes caryophyllifolia, Calyptranthes cumini, Calyptranthes cuminodora, Calyptranthes jambolana, and 31 more
When it flowers
Flowers September to April in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. QueenslandKew's checklist, not yet checked
Not known yet: light, height, spread, water, flowers, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Banana passionfruitFlowers May to August, when this does not
Bengal clock vineFlowers May to August, when this does not
Bitter MelonFlowers May to August, when this does not
Bleeding heart vineFlowers May to August, when this does not
Blue Trumpet VineFlowers May to August, when this does not
BougainvilleaFlowers May to August, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Indonesian
- Jamblang, Duwet, Jambu Keling
- Portuguese
- jamelão, Azeitona-roxa, Azeitona-preta
- Chinese
- 肯氏蒲桃, 長萼烏墨, 烏墨、海南蒲桃
- Czech
- hřebíčkovec šabrejový
- Japanese
- ムラサキフトモモ
- Spanish
- Jambolán
- root
- Mesekerrak, நாவல், Juwêt
- Chinese (China)
- 乌墨, 长萼乌墨, 海南蒲桃
- Sinhala
- මාදං
- Afrikaans
- Jambolan
- Thai
- หว้า
- French
- Jamblon, Jamelonier
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Syzygium cumini (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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