Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

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Notes: Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests.

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Brief:

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Tree

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Distribution:

"Maharashtra: Kolhapur Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts"

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Distribution:

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Global Distribution

Indo-Malesia

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

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Diagnostic:

"Medium sized trees; bark white, light pink inside. Leaves to 18 x 8 cm, ovate, oblong, long-acuminate at apex, acute at base; nerves many, close, shining above; petiole 1.5-2 cm long. Panicles to 10 cm across, on leafless branchlets. Flowers 6-9 mm across, subsessile; calyx tube 3 mm broad, turbinate; filaments 7 mm long. Berry 10 x 7 mm, obovoid, deep blue."

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Diagnostic:

Habit: Medium Sized Tree

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General Habitat:

"Evergreen forests, also in the plains"

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Cyclicity:

Flowering and fruiting: December-April

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Uses:

Medicinal

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