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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 45

  • Scientific Name: Syzygium gardneri Thw.
  • Family: Myrtaceae
  • Trade Name: Jamun
  • Common Name: Karinjaval, Tholnjaval
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: കരിഞ്ഞാവൽ, നീർഞ്ഞാവൽ, ആറ്റുഞ്ഞാവൽ
  • Native: South West India
  • Specimen from: Nedumpoil, Kolappa (Kannoth range)
  • State & Region: Kerala, India
  • Date of Collection: Thursday, January 13, 1983
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat & K. V. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bark 8-10 mm thick, surface yellowish-white. Leaves simple, flowers bisexual, white,fruit a berry-purple.
  • Wood Anatomy: Growth rings are fairly distinct.Vessels Large to medium' and small, numerous, mostly solitary or in radial multiples of 2 or 3; often filled with tyloses and white deposits. Rays fine, closely spaced; filled with reddishbrown deposits .
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