Flacourtia jangomas

Flacourtia jangomas
Flacourtia jangomas
F. jangomas with a Brown-throated Sunbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Tribe: Flacourtieae
Genus: Flacourtia
Species: F. jangomas
Binomial name
Flacourtia jangomas
(Lour.) Raeusch.
Synonyms

Flacourtia cataphracta Roxburgh ex Willdenow.
Flacourtia jangomas

Flacourtia jangomas, Indian plum, coffee plum, is a lowland and mountain rain forest tree in the Salicaceae or Willow Family.[1][2] It is widely cultivated in Southeast and East Asia, and has escaped cultivation in a number of places.[3] Its wild origin is unknown but is speculated to be tropical Asia, perhaps India.[3][4] It is a small shrub or tree that grows to a height of 10m. It produces small white to green fragrant flowers. The fruit is eaten both raw and cooked as a jam, and the bark is sometimes used medicinally.[1][2] It is sometimes harvested for its lumber. The plant is considered one of the primary host plants of the Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni)[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Hanelt, Peter; Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, eds (2001). Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: (Except Ornamentals). Springer. pp. 3700. ISBN 978-3540410171. 
  2. ^ a b Chandra, Indrani; P. Bhanja (2002-08-25). "Study of organogenesis in vitro from callus tissue of Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch through scanning electron microscopy". Current Science (India: Current Science Association and Indian Academy of Sciences) 83 (4): 476–479. 
  3. ^ a b Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeuschel, Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
  4. ^ Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch., GRIN Taxonomy for Plants
  5. ^ Botha, John; Darryl Hardie and Greg Power (2000). "Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni: Exotic threat to Western Australia" (pdf). AGWEST Factsheet. The Government of Western Australia. http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/content/PW/INS/PP/HORT/FS04300.PDF. Retrieved 2008-12-29. 


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