Java plum

Names

Common Names

• Black Plum
• Java-plum
• Malabar-plum
• Portuguese-plum
• jambolan
• rose-apple
• Jamun
• Malabar plum

Regional and Traditional Names

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Eugenia cumini
• Eugenia fruticosa
• Myrtus obovata
• Calyptranthes jambolana
• Myrtus corticosa
• Myrtus cumini
• Jambolifera chinensis
• Jambolifera coromandelica
• Calyptranthes caryophyllifolia
• Calyptranthes oneillii
• Syzygium jambolanum var. axillare
• Eugenia obtusifolia
• Eugenia obovata
• Eugenia odorata
• Eugenia tenuis
• Eugenia tsoi
• Eugenia jambolana
• Eugenia jambolana var. caryophyllifolia
• Eugenia jambolana var. obtusifolia
• Eugenia jambolifera
• Eugenia djouat
• Eugenia brachiata
• Eugenia caryophyllifolia
• Calyptranthes cumini
• Caryophyllus corticosus
• Calyptranthes cuminodora
• Syzygium cumini var. tsoi
• Calyptranthes pedunculata
• Syzygium caryophyllifolium
• Syzygium brachiatum
• Syzygium fruticosum
• Syzygium jambolanum
• Syzygium tenue
• Caryophyllus jambos
• Syzygium obovatum
• Syzygium obtusifolium
• Syzygium pseudojambolana
• Syzygium jambolanum var. acuminata
• Syzygium jambolanum var. elliptica
• Syzygium jambolanum var. obovata
• Calyptranthes jambolifera
• Eugenia calyptrata

Taxonomical Classification

This plant belongs to the kingdom Plantae and is classified under the phylum Streptophyta within the class Equisetopsida. It is further categorized under the subclass Magnoliidae, the order Myrtales, and the family Myrtaceae. Ultimately, its taxonomic identity is defined by its placement within the genus Syzygium.

Distribution

This plant exhibits a diverse geographical distribution spanning across several regions of the African continent. In West Tropical Africa, its presence is documented in the countries of Guinea-Bissau and Guinea. Moving toward the eastern part of the continent, the species can be found throughout East Tropical Africa. Specifically, it inhabits the territories of Kenya and Tanzania. Furthermore, its range extends into Uganda, completing its notable presence within the East Tropical African zone.

Plant Parts

Chemicals

Syzygium cumini has 101 reported phytochemicals identified across 33 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include Gallic acid, Flavonoids, ellagic acid, myricetin, polyphenols.

Gallic acid

1. Dr. Duke
2. PeerJ
3. Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine
4. Journal of cancer research and therapeutics
5. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)

Flavonoids

1. TheScientificWorldJournal
2. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Natural product research
4. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology
5. Frontiers in pharmacology

ellagic acid

1. Phytotherapy research : PTR
2. PeerJ
3. Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine
4. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
5. Pharmaceutical biology

myricetin

1. Open veterinary journal
2. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Biomedical chromatography : BMC
4. Food & function
5. Frontiers in pharmacology

polyphenols

1. TheScientificWorldJournal
2. Biomedical chromatography : BMC
3. Food & function
4. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

quercetin

1. Journal of cancer research and therapeutics
2. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Biomedical chromatography : BMC
4. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Anthocyanins

1. Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine
2. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology : CBP

CATECHIN

1. Biomedical chromatography : BMC
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology
3. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Flavonoid

1. PeerJ
2. BioImpacts : BI
3. Narra J

IRON

1. Dr. Duke
2. TheScientificWorldJournal
3. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Activities

Syzygium cumini has 332 reported activities identified across 33 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antioxidant, Antidiabetic, Hypoglycemic, Anticancer, Antimicrobial.

Most Reported Activities

Medicinal Uses

Syzygium cumini has 63 reported medicinal uses identified across 33 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported uses include antidiabetic, antioxidant, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, Bacillus subtilis.

Most Reported Uses

Preparations