Plants Profile for Syzygium cumini (Java plum)

General Information
Symbol:	SYCU
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Myrtaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Tree
Native Status:	HI I L48 I PB I
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Syzygium cumini 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. 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.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Hawaii	FAC

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	UPL