01469naa a2200145 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000180006024501150007826000090019352010040020265000200120665000140122677300830124012799372025-05-21       1963    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aMORTON, J. F.  aThe jambolan (Syzygium cumini skeels) - its food, medicinal, ornamental and other uses.h[electronic resource]  c1963  aThere has been a constant demand in South Florida for fast-growing, evergreen shade trees for both public and private grounds. Some spe cies which at first seemed highly desirable were enthusiastically distributed but later displayed characteristics which seriously limited their use fulness. An excellent example is the jambolan, which is regarded in certain other parts of the world primarily as a fruit tree but which has been promoted in South Florida mainly as an ornamental and windbreak. In view of its increas ing distribution in this area, I believe it worth while to consider its utility. A member of the family, Myrtaceae, the jam bolan (Syzygium cumini Skeels; syns. S. jam- bolanum DC, Eugenia cumini Druce, E. jam- bolana Lam., E. djouat Perr., Myrtus cumini L., Calyptranthes jambolana Willd.) is also known as Java plum and by various other colloquial names such as Portuguese plum (19), Malabar plum (64), black plum, Indian blackberry (24), jaman, jambu, jambul, jambool and duhat.  aSyzygium cumini  aJambolão  tProceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Societygv.76, p.328-338, 1963.