What is Jambul?
{{Taxobox | name = Jamun | image = Syzygium cumini Bra30.png | image_size = 280px | image_caption = Jambul (''Syzygium cumini'') | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Myrtales]] | familia = [[Myrtaceae]] | genus = ''[[Syzygium]]'' | species = '''''S. cumini''''' | binomial = ''[[Syzygium cumini]]'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) Skeels. }} [[File:Java plum (Syzygium cumini).jpg|thumb|Jambul fruits]] [[File:Java plum (Syzygium cumini) seeds.jpg|thumb|Jambul seeds]] '''Jambul''' or '''Jamun''' or '''Jamblang''' or '''Jambhul''' जांभुळ (मराठी)(''Syzygium cumini''), '''Kaalo Jaam''' (Bangla) Naavar Pazham (Tamil) is an [[evergreen]] [[tropical]] [[tree]] in the [[flowering plant]] family [[Myrtaceae]], native to [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Indonesia]] and [[Sri Lanka]]. It is also grown in other areas of southern [[Asia]] including [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]] and [[Afghanistan]]. The tree was also introduced to [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]] in [[1911]] by the [[USDA]], and is also now commonly planted in [[Suriname]]. In [[Brazil]], where it was introduced from India during Portuguese colonisation, it has spread out in the wild in some places, as many native birds such as [[thrushes]], [[tanagers]] and the [[Great Kiskadee]] want their fruits. The various names for this fruit are (in [[Java (island)|Java]]) plum, jambul, jamun, jaman, black plum, faux pistachier, Indian blueberry , jambol, doowet, jambolan and jambolão. Scientific [[synonymy|synonyms]] include ''Syzygium jambolanum, Eugenia cumini'' and ''Eugenia jambolana''. A fairly fast growing species, it can grow as high as 30 [[metre]]s, and can live more than 100 [[year]]s. Its [[density|dense]] [[foliage]] provides shade and is grown just for its [[ornament]]al value. The [[wood]] is strong and [[viscosity|water resistant]]. Because of this it is used in [[railway]] sleepers and to install motors in [[Water well|well]]s. It is sometimes used to make cheap [[furnitu