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Jamurola

Local Name	:	Jamurola
Botanical Name	:	Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
Common Name	:	Rose apple
Family	:	Myrtaceae
Distribution	:	It is cultivated in many places in India. However, it is an indigenous tree of some Indian States like Sikkim. It is also distributed in Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, etc.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia, notable for its glossy leaves and aromatic, bell-shaped white to pale yellow flowers. It produces edible, fragrant fruit.

Descriptions

It is a medium size tree with the bark almost black. Leaves are lanceolate to oblong lanceolate and a narrowed base. Flowers white, raceme like cymes or sometimes panicled and filaments subulate. Fruit as berries in creamish yellow, globose and crown by inflexed calyx lobes.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

April – June & July - September

Use(s)

The fruit is considered tonic and also good for liver problems.