Nice jamun tree
tanay
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
> *NATIVE, WILD, CULTIVATED* :: Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) » *Syzygium cumini
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> *Synonyms*: *Syzygium jambolana, Syzygium jambolanum, Eugenia cumini,
> Eugenia jambolana, Myrtus cumini*
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> *siz-ZY-gee-um* -- from the Greek *syzygos* (joined), referring to the
> paired leaves
> *KOO-min-ee* -- from the Greek *kyminon* (cumin)
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> commonly known as*: black plum, damson plum, duhat plum, Indian
> blackberry, jambolan, jambolan plum, Java plum, Malabar plum, Portuguese
> plum • Assamese: জামু jamu, ক'লা জামু kala jamu • Bengali: kala jam •
> Gujarati: જાંબુ jaambu • Hindi: जामुन jamun • Jaintia: dieng sohthongum •
> Kannada: ನೇರಳೆ nerale • Khasi: dieng ramai • Konkani: जांबुळ jambul •
> Malayalam: കാട്ടുചാമ്പ kaattucaampa, ഞാവല് njaaval, ഞാറ njaara, പെരിഞാറ
> perinjaara • Manipuri: gulamchat, jam • Marathi: जांबूळ jambool • Mizo:
> hmuipui • Nepalese: जामुनु jamunu, फँड़िर् phanrir • Oriya: jamkoli • Pali:
> जम्बु jambu • Prakrit: जम्वुलो jambulo, जम्मुलो jammulo • Punjabi: ਜਾਮਣ
> jaman • Sanskrit: जम्बुलः jambulah, मेघमोदिनी meghamodini • Tamil:
> கொட்டைநாகம் kottai-nakam, நாவல் naval • Telugu: నేరేడు neredu • Tibetan:
> dzam-bu • Urdu: جامن jaman
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> *Native to*: India, Indonesia
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