Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels
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.
- Family: Myrtaceae
- Habit: Tree
- Habitat: Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Status : common
Vernacular names
English
Black plum
Jaman
Jambol
Jambu
Java plum
Naval
Neredu
Malayalam
Njara
Njaval
Perinnaral
Valiyanjaval
Other
Nava
Navaal
Njara
Njaval
Medicinal Uses
The bark is acrid, sweet, digestive, astringent to the bowels, anthelmintic and used for the treatment of sore throat, bronchitis, asthma, thirst, biliousness, dysentery and ulcers. It is also a good blood purifier.
