Treen along margin of evergreen forests or in open formations, up to 700 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Eugenia corymbosa |
| synonym | Myrtus caryophyllata |
| synonym | Myrtus caryophyllata L. |
| synonym | Syzygium caryophyllaeum |
| synonym | Syzygium caryophyllaeum Sensu Gamble, non Gaertn. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Summary
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Habit: Tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Trees, to 6 m high; bark thick, reddish-brown; branchlets terete. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole upto 3 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 3-8 x 1.3-3.5 cm, obovate or obovate-oblong, base attenuate or acute, apex obtuse, obtusely acute or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous, brown on drying, pellucid-dotted; lateral nerves many, close, slender, prominent looped at the margin forming intramarginal nerve; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, white, 5 mm across, in terminal corymbose cymes, inflorescence branches moderately thick, ascending; calyx tube 2-2.5 mm long, turbinate, no thick disc; petals calyptrate, stamens numerous, bent inwards at the middle when in bud, 2.5-3.5 mm long; ovary inferior, 2-celled, ovules many; style 1; stigma simple. Fruit a berry, 5 mm across globose, black.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Transparent glands
Flowering branch
Inflorescence insertion
Petiole and leaf insertion
Leaf lower side
Inflorescence insertion
Leaf upper side
Petiole and leaf insertion
Habit
Trees, up to 6 m tall.
Trunk & Bark
Bark grey, smooth; blaze brown.
Branches and branchlets
Branchlets subterete, glabrous.
Leaves
Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole up to 0.3 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 5-10 x 1.5-4 cm, obovate, apex obtuse, base attenuate to acute, margin entire, pellucid gland dotted, coriaceous, drying brown; midrib canaliculate above; intramarginal nerve present; secondary nerves many, parallel, slender; tertiary nerves admedially ramified.
Inflorescence / Flower
Inflorescence terminal corymbose cymes; flowers white.
Fruit and Seed
Berry, black globose, crowned with calyx lobes, glabrous; seed one.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Treen along margin of evergreen forests or in open formations, up to 700 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also in the Plains, Riparian
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka; in the Western Ghats- throughout.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2025
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2025 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Eugenia caryophyllaea Wight, Ic. t. 540. 1842; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 490. 1878.
- Syzygium caryophyllaeum sensu Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 480(339).1919, non Gaertn. 1788.
- Myrtus caryophyllata L., Sp. Pl. 472. 1753.
- Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: (Suppl.) 116. 1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 107. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 179. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 158. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 181. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 160. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 249. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 188. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 121. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 61. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 262. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 260. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 215. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 287. 2009.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2025
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
Information Listing > References
- Eugenia caryophyllaea Wight, Ic. t. 540. 1842; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 490. 1878.
- Syzygium caryophyllaeum sensu Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 480(339).1919, non Gaertn. 1788.
- Myrtus caryophyllata L., Sp. Pl. 472. 1753.
- Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: (Suppl.) 116. 1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 107. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 179. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 158. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 181. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 160. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 249. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 188. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 121. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 61. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 262. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 260. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 215. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 287. 2009.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2025
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Myrtales |
| Family | Myrtaceae |
| Genus | Syzygium |
| Species | Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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