name: Java Plum

flavor_db_name_variants: java plum

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Java plum

id: 386

name_scientific: Syzygium cumini

description: Syzygium cumini, jambul, jambolan, jamblang, or jamun, is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae. Syzygium cumini is native to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia. The name of the fruit is sometimes mistranslated as blackberry, which is a different fruit in an unrelated family. The tree was introduced to Florida, USA in 1911 by the USDA, and is also now commonly grown in Suriname 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, USA. It is also illegal to grow, plant or transplant in Sanibel, Florida. The fruits develop by May or June and resemble large berries. The fruit is oblong, ovoid, starts green and turns pink to shining crimson black as it matures. A variant of the tree produces white coloured fruit. The fruit has a combination of sweet, mildly sour and astringent flavour and tends to colour the tongue purple.

itis_id: 505419

wikipedia_id: Syzgium_cumini

picture_file_name: 391.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 30417

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:43:27.000Z

legacy_id: 418

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Tropical fruits

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:39.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 260142

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00386