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Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels Myrtaceae

Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

Part of the book series: Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions ((ETMORE))

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Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels: Calyptranthes capitellata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Calyptranthes caryophyllifolia (Lam.) Willd.; Calyptranthes cumini (L.) Pers.; Calyptranthes cuminodora Stokes; Calyptranthes jambolana (Lam.) Willd.; Calyptranthes jambolifera Stokes; Calyptranthes oneillii Lundell; Calyptranthes pedunculata Forsyth f.; Calyptranthes tenuis Buch.-Ham. Ex Wall.; Caryophyllus corticosus Stokes; Caryophyllus jambos Stokes; Eugenia brachiata Roxb.; Eugenia calyptrata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Eugenia caryophyllifolia Lam.; Eugenia cumini (L.) Druce; E. djouat Perr.; E. fruticosa (DC.) Roxb.; Eugenia jambolana Lam.; Eugenia jambolana var. caryophyllifolia (Lam.) Duthie; Eugenia jambolifera Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Eugenia obovata Poir.; Eugenia obtusifolia Roxb.; E. odorata Wight; E. tenuis Duthie; Eugenia tsoi Merr. & Chun; Jambolifera chinensis Spreng.; J. coromandelica Houtt; Jambolifera pedunculata Houtt.; Myrtus corticosa Spreng.; Myrtus cumini L.; Myrtus obovata (Poir.) Spreng.; Syzygium caryophyllifolium (Lam.) DC.; Syzygium cumini var. caryophyllifolium (Lam.) Khanna; Syzygium cumini var. obtusifolium (Roxb.) Khanna; Syzygium cumini var. tsoi (Merr. & Chun) HT Chang & RH Miao; S. fruticosum DC.; Syzygium jambolanum (Lam.) DC.; S. jambolanum var. axillare Gamble; Syzygium obovatum (Poir.) DC.; Syzygium obtusifolium (Roxb.) Kostel.; S. pseudojambolana Miq.; S. tenue (Duthei) N.P. Balakar.

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  3. Cultural Geography, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

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    Ripu M. Kunwar

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Ansari, A.S., Thakuri, U., Kunwar, R.M., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels Myrtaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_239-1

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