Syzygium chunianum
Black Plum
Syzygium cumini
(L.) Skeels Species
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- Botanical name
- Syzygium cumini
- Also known as
- Black Plum, Jambolan, Java-Plum, Malabar-Plum, Portuguese-Plum, Rose-Apple
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Syzygium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Black Plum
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Syzygium cumini but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Calyptranthes capitellata
Calyptranthes caryophyllifolia
Calyptranthes cumini
Calyptranthes cuminodora
Calyptranthes jambolana
Calyptranthes jambolifera
Calyptranthes oneillii
Calyptranthes pedunculata
Calyptranthes tenuis
Caryophyllus corticosus
Caryophyllus jambos
Eugenia brachiata
Eugenia calyptrata
Eugenia caryophyllifolia
Eugenia cumini
Eugenia djouat
Eugenia fruticosa
Eugenia fruticosa
Eugenia jambolana
Eugenia jambolana var. caryophyllifolia
Eugenia jambolana var. obtusifolia
Eugenia jambolifera
Eugenia obovata
Eugenia obtusifolia
Eugenia odorata
Eugenia tenuis
Eugenia tsoi
Jambolifera chinensis
Jambolifera coromandelica
Jambolifera pedunculata
Myrtus corticosa
Myrtus cumini
Myrtus obovata
Syzygium brachiatum
Syzygium caryophyllifolium
Syzygium cumini var. caryophyllifolia
Syzygium cumini var. caryophyllifolium
Syzygium cumini var. cumini
Syzygium cumini var. obtusifolium
Syzygium cumini var. tsoi
Syzygium fruticosum
Syzygium jambolanum
Syzygium jambolanum var. acuminata
Syzygium jambolanum var. axillare
Syzygium jambolanum var. elliptica
Syzygium jambolanum var. obovata
Syzygium obovatum
Syzygium obtusifolium
Syzygium pseudojambolana
Syzygium tenue
Others in Syzygium
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