It is collected inside the University Campus, Kariyavattom, Thiruvananthapuram. It looks like a small shrub.
Species Name: Syzygium zeylanicum
Family : Myrtaceae..........Synonyms:Myrtus zeylanica, Eugenia varians, E. zeylanica, Jambosa bracteata, Syzygium myrtifolium.
Trees, to 12 m tall. Branchlets yellowish brown when dry, terete; old branches grayish brown. Leaves: blade thinly long ovate to ovate-oblong, leathery, abaxially yellowish brown when dry, adaxially olive green and glossy when dry, secondary veins numerous, abaxially slightly raised, and adaxially conspicuous, base obtuse, apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate. Inflorescences terminal or subterminal, paniculate cymes. Flower buds clavate. Fruit white, globose.
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Myrtus zeylanica is a synonym of Syzygium zelanicum. I think Naik is correct.
Syzygium zeylanicum is correct. We call it 'Poochapazham'. in our Malayalam language. The fruits are edible and is a lessseknown fruit species.
The plant is Syzygium zeylanicum belongs to the family Myrtaceae. Its fruits are edible and white in colour.
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