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Syzygium neesianum

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
India (Kerala), Sri Lanka
Climate
wet tropical

About

Syzygium neesianum is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India. It is a large tree, up to 25 metres tall, with edible fruits which are a food source for birds and mammals.

It is native to the southern Western Ghats of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in southwestern India, and to southwestern Sri Lanka. grows in submontane and montane evergreen rain forests from 800 to 1,400 metres elevation. It has an estimated population of about 1,000 mature individuals within six subpopulations, including in Vellarimala, Silent Valley, and Agasthyamala in the southern Western Ghats.

Other Syzygium plants

Syzygium ingens · Waterberries · Eugenia calcadensis · Eugenia camptophylla · Syzygium duthieanum · Eugenia gageana · Syzygium glaucum · Syzygium goodenovii · Syzygium kiahii · Eugenia klossii · Syzygium koordersianum · Eugenia laevicaulis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syzygium neesianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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