Eugenia megamalayana Murugan & Arum.

 
  • Family : MYRTACEAE
    (Myrtle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JAMUN FAMILY (जामुन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Myrtaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eugenia megamalayana Murugan & Arum.
  • Common name : Megamalai myrtle
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Trees up to 25 m tall; Branchlets subterete or slightly compressed, fulvous tomentose; Internodes 1.5–3 cm long; Leaves simple, opposite, ovate-oblanceolate, 7–12.5 × 3.5–4.5 cm, acuminate at apex, margin entire, not revolute, rounded at base, chartaceous, fulvous tomentose when young, later glabrescent, exstipulate; Petioles 1–1.2 cm long, fulvous tomentose, rounded beneath, flat above; Flowers solitary, axillary or rarely in 3-flowered terminal racemes up to 2 cm long, Peduncle 1–1.5 cm long, fulvous tomentose, Pedicels stout, 0.7–1 cm long, terete, fulvous tomentose, Bracts linear, 0.4–0.5 cm long, Bracteoles linear, 0.4–0.7 cm long, fulvous tomentose; Calyx tube obconic, adnate to ovary, fulvous tomentose, Calyx lobes 4, subequal, ovate, 0.5–0.7 cm diameter, fulvous hairy on adaxial surface, silky and white glandulate on abaxial surface, Petals 4, orbicular, ~1.2 cm diameter, slightly clawed at base, margin silky, rounded at apex, silky on adaxial side, glabrous on abaxial side, Disc flat, quadrangular, hairy, 0.5–0.7 cm diameter, glandulate; Stamens numerous, unequal, 0.5–1.5 cm long, Filaments filiform, 0.5–1.5 cm long, Anthers ovate, 2-celled, ca. 0.15 cm diameter, versatile; Ovary globose, 2-celled, ca. 0.5 cm diameter, with 10–15 ovules arranged axile, Style subulate, ca. 1.2 cm long, Stigma simple, acute at apex; Fruit drupe, globose, 1.5cm diameter, fulvous tomentose with persistent calyx.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-February
  • Distribution :
    • Tamil Nadu : Theni district, Coimbatore district, Tenkasi district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Critically endangered (CR)
  • Literature :
    • Narasimhan, D. & Irwin, Sheeba. (2021). Flowering Plants of Tamil Nadu: A Compendium.
    • Murugan, C. & S., Arumugam. (2019). Eugenia megamalayana sp. nov. (Myrtaceae)- A new species from the Western Ghats, India. Taiwania. 64. 23-27.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eugenia megamalayana
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Eugenia megamalayana. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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