Syzygium kanarense (Talbot) Raizada

 
  • Family : MYRTACEAE
    (Myrtle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JAMUN FAMILY (जामुन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Myrtaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Eugenia kanarensis Talbot
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Syzygium gardneri Thwaites
  • Common name : It is generally associated with Calophyllum polyanthum Wall ex Planch. & Triana, Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Roxb., Garcinia morella (Gaertn.) Desr., Arenga wightii ., and Psychotria dalzelli Hook. f. Largest tree measured a GBH (girth at breast height) of 3.4m
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Large trees, bark smooth and white, branchlets terete. Leaves up to 4.5×9 cm, elliptic, acute at the base, acuminate at apex, acumen up to 1.3cm; drying black; midrib reddish-brown, channeled above, secondary nerves ca. 1.5--2 mm apart, conspicuous, numerous and parallel; margin wavy and slightly revolute, densely gland - doted. Cymes axillary and terminal, shorter than the leaves. Flowers white, 0.6--0.8 cm across, nearly sessile, buds globose, creamish white. Calyx 0.4×0.4 cm, almost truncate, turbinate. Calyptra 2.5×1.8 mm, thick ; corolla lobes 3, very thin, gland doted, varying in size, largest 1.5×1.6 mm, shortly clawed, another 1.3×1.5 mm, hastate with two claws, smallest 1.2×1.2 mm with a single claw. Stamens ca 0.5cm long, Ovary bilocular, style simple, ovules in axile placention. Fruit up to 2×1.2 cm, purple when mature, pulpy, crowned with the persistent calyx, 1- seeded
  • Flower, Fruit : December-February
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district (Gerusoppa Ghat), Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Critcally Endangered
  • Literature :
    • Photographs of Dr. M Sanjappa
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Syzygium kanarense
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Syzygium kanarense. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

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