Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels
Family Name	Myrtaceae
Common Name	Java Plum, Jamun, Black Plum, Java Apple
Tamil Name	நாவல் மரம்
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Van Chetana
Botanical Distribution	Habit: A big tree with white exfoliates bark. Leaves: Opposite, gland-dotted, coriaceous, oval orelliptic-oblong, acute intramarginal nerve present, extipulate. Inflorescence: Panicled cymes Flowers: White, fragrant, Calyx limb cup-shaped, teeth 4.Petals 4, forming a calyptra, deciduous.Stamens indefinite, many seriate, filaments filiform, anthers versatile. Ovary: Ovary inferior, 2-celled, ovules many, stylefiliform. Fruit: A juicy, purple berry with calyx remains at theapex, 1-seeded.
Flowering and Fruiting	February – April
Key Compounds	aliphatic alcohols, sitosterols, betulinic acid and crategolic (maslinic) acid, triterpenic acids oleanolic acid and crategolic acid
Medicinal Use	The seed powder is used in diabetes with good results.
At the Campus	Front of the Zoology