Java Plum / Duhat / Jamun

Common Name: Java Plum

Botanical Name:  Syzygium cumini

Family: Myrtaceae

Origin: Indian Subcontinent

Avg. Height x Width: 30' X 15'

Season: March - June

Damage Temp: 5F

Java Plum trees start flowering from March to April. The flowers are fragrant and small, about 5 mm in diameter. The fruits develop by May or June and resemble large berries; the fruit of Syzygium species is described as "drupaceous". The fruit is oblong, ovoid. Unripe fruit looks green. As it matures, its color changes to pink, then to shining crimson red and finally to black color. A variant of the tree produces white colored fruit. The fruit has a combination of sweet, mildly sour and astringent flavor and tends to color the tongue purple.