Syzygium cumini

Syzygium cumini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Syzygium
Species:	S. cumini
Binomial name
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels.
Synonyms
List Calyptranthes caryophyllifolia Willd. Calyptranthes cumini (L.) Pers. Calyptranthes cuminodora Stokes Calyptranthes jambolana (Lam.) Willd. Calyptranthes jambolifera Stokes Calyptranthes oneillii Lundell Caryophyllus corticosus Stokes Caryophyllus jambos Stokes Eugenia brachiata Roxb. Eugenia calyptrata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Eugenia caryophyllifolia Lam. Eugenia cumini (L.) Druce Eugenia djouat Perrier Eugenia fruticosa (DC.) Roxb. Eugenia jambolana Lam. Eugenia jambolifera Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Eugenia obovata Poir. Eugenia obtusifolia Roxb. Eugenia odorata Wight Eugenia tenuis Duthie Eugenia tsoi Merr. & Chun Jambolifera chinensis Spreng. Jambolifera coromandelica Houtt. Jambolifera pedunculata Houtt. Myrtus corticosa Spreng. Myrtus cumini L. Myrtus obovata (Poir.) Spreng. Syzygium brachiatum (Roxb.) Miq. Syzygium caryophyllifolium (Lam.) DC. Syzygium fruticosum DC. Syzygium jambolanum (Lam.) DC. Syzygium obovatum (Poir.) DC. Syzygium obtusifolium (Roxb.) Kostel. Syzygium pseudojambolana Miq. Syzygium tenue (Duthie) N.P.Balakr.

Syzygium cumini, commonly known as Malabar plum,Java plum, or black plum, is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, adjoining regions of Southeast Asia, China and Queensland. The name of the fruit is sometimes mistranslated as blackberry, which is a different fruit in an unrelated order. Syzygium cumini has been spread overseas from India by Indian emigrants and at present is common in tropical former British colonies.

The tree was introduced to Florida in 1911 by the USDA, and is also now commonly grown in Suriname, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. In Brazil, where it was introduced from India during Portuguese colonization, it has dispersed spontaneously in the wild in some places, as its fruits are eagerly sought by various native birds such as thrushes, tanagers and the great kiskadee. This species is considered an invasive in Hawaii.