PLANTS Profile for Syzygium cumini (Java plum)

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Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels
Java plum

Symbol:

SYCU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Myrtaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I

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Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

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Synonyms:
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

	EUCU	Eugenia cumini (L.) Druce
	EUJA3	Eugenia jambolana Lam.
	SYJA3	Syzygium jambolanum (Lam.) DC.

Distribution:
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL, HI)

Related Taxa:
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

View 32 genera in Myrtaceae, 10 species in Syzygium

Classification:
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Myrtaceae – Myrtle family
Genus	Syzygium P. Br. ex Gaertn. – syzygium
Species	Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels – Java plum

U.S. Weed Information:
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

Java plum
duhat
jambolan plum
jamelonguier
kavika ni India
mesegerak

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

FLEPPC		Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
HEAR		USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

Introduced Information:
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

Eugenia cumini:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505419.

Related Web Sites:
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

GU-Plant Threats to Pacific Ecosystems

University of Hawaii Botany Department: Alien Plants of Hawaii

University of Hawaii Campus Plants: images

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