Syzygium cumini(L.) Skeels

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WFO wfo-0000318521 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Syzygium cumini, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. a Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-18 / obs. 190938566
Syzygium cumini, photographed by Kristof Zyskowski
fig. b Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202071427
Syzygium cumini, photographed by Navaneeth Sini George
fig. c Navaneeth Sini George, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175038852
Syzygium cumini, photographed by Lsf
fig. d Lsf, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170837308
Syzygium cumini, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. e Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167889567
Syzygium cumini, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. f Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167889438
Syzygium cumini, photographed by Ben Machado
fig. g Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161139220
Syzygium cumini, photographed by juniem
fig. h juniem, CC0 1.0 / obs. 160025170

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Syzygium cumini is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, Queensland China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalPakistanSri LankaSulawesiThailandVietnamQueensland Andaman Is.Laccadive Is.
Native distribution of Syzygium cumini, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laccadive Is. LDV
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Queensland QLD AUSTRALASIA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 50 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Calyptranthes capitellata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Calyptranthes caryophyllifolia (Lam.) Willd.
  • Calyptranthes cumini (L.) Pers.
  • Calyptranthes cuminodora Stokes
  • Calyptranthes jambolana (Lam.) Willd.
  • Calyptranthes jambolifera Stokes
  • Calyptranthes oneillii Lundell
  • Calyptranthes pedunculata Forsyth f.
  • Calyptranthes tenuis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Caryophyllus corticosus Stokes
  • Caryophyllus jambos Stokes
  • Eugenia brachiata Roxb.
  • Eugenia calyptrata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
  • Eugenia caryophyllifolia Lam.
  • Eugenia cumini (L.) Druce
  • Eugenia djouat Perr.
  • Eugenia fruticosa (DC.) Roxb.
  • Eugenia fruticosa Roxb.
  • Eugenia jambolana Lam.
  • Eugenia jambolana var. caryophyllifolia (Lam.) Duthie
  • Eugenia jambolana var. obtusifolia Duthie
  • Eugenia jambolifera Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
  • Eugenia obovata Poir.
  • Eugenia obtusifolia Roxb.

and 26 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.