SYZYGIUM CUMINI

SYZYGIUM CUMINI





Jambul





This article is about the tropical tree. For the dessert popular in South Asian cuisine, see Gulab Jamun.

Jambul



Jambul (Syzygium cumini)

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae

(unranked): Angiosperms

(unranked): Eudicots

(unranked): Rosids

Order: Myrtales

Family: Myrtaceae

Genus: Syzygium

Species: S. cumini

Binomial name

Syzygium cumini

(L.) Skeels.

Jambul (Syzygium cumini) is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering
plant family Myrtaceae, native to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and
Indonesia. The word 'Jambul' is sometimes mistranslated as
'Blackberry', which is a different fruit.

Jambul is also known as Jaam/Kalojaam, Jamun, Nerale Hannu, Naval
pazham,Neredupandu, Jamblang, Jambolan, Jambula, Black Plum, Damson
Plum, Duhat Plum, Jambolan Plum, Java Plum or Portuguese Plum. "Malabar
plum" may also refer to other species of Syzygium.

Historically, the tree was exclusive to the Indian Sub-continent, and so
widespread across the region that one of the old names of India (or the
Indian region) is Jambu-Dvipa (literally: the island of jambul fruit).
It is now also grown in other areas of southern and southeastern Asia
including the Philippines, Myanmar, and Afghanistan. The tree was also
introduced to Florida, USA in 1911 by the USDA, and is also now commonly
grown in Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. In Brazil, where it was
introduced from India during Portuguese colonization, it has dispersed
spontaneously in the wild in some places, as its fruits are eagerly
sought by various native birds such as thrushes, tanagers and the Great
Kiskadee. This species is considered an invasive in Hawaii, USA, where
it is known as Java Plum