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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 56
- Scientific Name: Syzygium cumini (Linn.) Skeels
- Family: Myrtaceae
- Trade Name: Jamun
- Common Name: Njaval, Njara
- പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്: ഞാവൽ
- Native: Tropical & Subtropical Asia to North Queensland
- Specimen from: Aramba, Kallar Range (Achenkovil)
- State & Region: Kerala, India
- Date of Collection: Thursday, February 13, 1986
- Collected by: K. M. Bhat, K. V. Bhat & P. K. Thulasidas
- General Characteristics: An evergreen tree reaching up to about 30 m. The Leaves are smooth, glossy, elliptic to oblong or ovate. The flowers are greenish-white in color. The fruits are berry, oblong, black, juicy shining when thoroughly ripe.
- Wood Anatomy: Growth rings are Scarcely distinct. Vessels diffuse-porous, Medium to small, numerous, solitary, or in radial multiples of 2 or 3; often filled with tyloses and white deposits. Rays fine, numerous, closely spaced.
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