Fruit · Medicinal

Java Plum

Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

India to northern Australia

Fun factThe java plum is regarded as sacred in both Buddhist and Hindu traditions, and its crushed young leaves smell of turpentine.

A fairly fast-growing evergreen tree of the myrtle family, often with several trunks from near the ground, whose glossy dark green leaves are pinkish when young and smell of turpentine when crushed. Small fragrant flowers in clusters turn from cream to rose-pink, and are followed by oval berries that ripen through purplish-red to shiny purple-black. The astringent fruits are eaten fresh or made into juice, jam and wine, and the tree is held sacred in Buddhist and Hindu tradition.

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Fruit Medicinal Tropical and subtropical Asia, from India

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FamilyMyrtaceae

Spanish nameJambolan

Also known asJambolan, Jambul, Jambolán

Native toTropical and subtropical Asia, from India and Pakistan through Southeast Asia to northern Queensland, Australia

Tag	Garden area	Zone	Planted	Status	Sponsored	Note
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