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Syzygium cumini

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A smooth tree of the MYRTACEAE family, 4–15 meters in height. Leaves leathery oblong-ovate to elliptic or obovate and 6–12 cm long, the tip being broad and shortly pointed. The panicles are borne mostly from the branchlets below the leaves, often being axillary or terminal, and are 4–6 cm long. The flowers are numerous, scented, pink or nearly white, without stalks, and borne in crowded fascicles on the ends of the branchlets. The calyx is funnelshaped, about 4 mm long, and 4-toothed. The petals cohere and fall together as a small disk. The stamens are very numerous and as long as the calyx. Fruit is oval to elliptic; 1.5–3.5 cm long, dark purple or nearly black, luscious, fleshy and edible; it contains a single large seed.

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Ross, I.A. (2003). Syzygium cumini. In: Medicinal Plants of the World. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-365-1_26

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