Syzygium hemisphericum

(Wight) Alston

Hemispheric rose-apple

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Summary

Syzygium hemisphericum is a flowering plant species in the family Myrtaceae, commonly called the hemispheric rose-apple. It is also known as teal-naval, vellanara, vellai-naval, goljamb, vennaval, redi jambul, makki nerale, payanjaval, vennjara, vellanjara, ven-nyara, venjara, tholnjaval, venyara and kaadu pannerale. This plant grows in abundance in the Western Ghats of India. It is also found in South and Central Maharashtra, Sahyadris, and Sri Lanka. It prefers evergreen and shola forests.

Description

A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The bark is smooth and greyish-brown. The leaves are simple and opposite. The leaf blade is 8-19 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. The flowers are large and white. They are in groups at the ends of the branches. The fruit is a berry 2-3 cm across. They are flattened and purple with a crown on top.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten fresh.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten.

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Medicinal Uses

It is used in folk medicine.

Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forests up to 1,400 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Asia, India, Sri Lanka,

Synonyms

Eugenia hemispherica WightJambosa hemispherica Walp.Strongylocalyx hemisphaericus

Also Known As

Bana nerale, Bennerale, Pannerale, Payanjaval, Teal-naval, Tholnjaval, Vellainaval, Vellai nyaral, Vellanjara, Vennjara

References (3)

Ambasta, S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 614
Chandrashekara, U. M., 2009, Tree species yielding edible fruit in the coffee-based homegardens of Kerala, India: their diversity, uses and management. Food Sec. 1:361-370
Jose, D. T. & Sasidharan, N., 2016, Checklist of wild edible plants of Aralam Wildlife sanctuary, Kerala, India. South Indian Journal Of Biological Sciences 2016; 2(1); 141‐144