Jamun

                       JAMUN TREE

  JAMUN . Syzygium cumini  tree

                                          JAMUN . Syzygium cumini Fruit. Black Plum, Indian Black Berry Jambolan, Nature health at home.

                                                    Jamun / Eucalyptus family -Myrtaceae

                                                                        Jamun Flowers

                              JAMUN . Syzygium cumini, leaf. Leaf is aromatic when crushed.

Jamun an avenue tree can be seen on Tughlak, Rajaji, Tyagraj Marg etc.

                                                                                                       

JAMUN . Syzygium cumini : A large beautiful tree, evergreen - large canopied tree native to monsoon. Thrive in high rain fall. A very popular shade tree in India. its fruits stone powder is medicine in diabetes. fruits also  strengthen the teeth and gums. The tree is one of the host plant for the tussur silkworm.. Tree is sacred to Hindus and Buddhist A favorite avenue tree in India, largely because it retains its dense, shady crown through the dry season. Delhi's civil authorities auction the rights each year to collect the dark purple fruit of the avenue tree. Seasons : Leaves : start to thin out in the  late January but are quickly replaced. The canopy looks loveliest in late March, April, Leaves smooth leathery, 7-15 cm long, secondary veins, numerous, parallel, untired in a marginal vein. Flowers : in May. Flowers in dense clusters petals small, falling early, stamens numerous, conspicuous. Flowers only about 12 mm wide, faintly fragrant, in geometrically branched clusters , like a cap soon after the bud opens The numerous long white stamens are the most conspicuous part of flower. Flowers usually arranged in sets of three petals, 4 white fading to pale pink, falling of in one piece. Fruits : ripen by late June or July. Fruit is round or oblong, berry deep purple when ripe with sweet of tart flesh. Fruit is edible berry 5 cm long, not quite spherical. Green at first, ripening deep purple with a thin glossy skin, inner pulp white or pink juicy, sweet or  with an acid tang, containing a pigment, which stains the mouth blue.

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