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In their native habitat, jaboticaba trees may flower and fruit five to six times throughout the year. Jaboticaba trees are tropical to subtropical plants and can tolerate mild, brief frosts, not below 26 °F (-3 °C). [9] The tree has a compact, fibrous root system, that makes it suitable for growing in pots or transplanting. [17]
Ixora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. [1] It is the only genus in the tribe Ixoreae. It consists of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs and holds around 544 species. [2] Though native to the tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world, its centre of diversity is in Tropical Asia.
The genus Ixora, family Rubiaceae, is one of the largest genera of flowering plants, and contains about 560 species distributed globally in the tropics and subtropics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of February 2025 [update] , Plants of the World Online accepts the following species: [ 1 ]
Syzygium jambos is a large shrub or small-to-medium-sized tree, typically 3 to 15 metres (10 to 49 feet) high, with a tendency to low branching. Its leaves and twigs are glabrous and the bark, though dark brown, is fairly smooth too, with little relief or texture.
Syzygium cumini, commonly known as Malabar plum, [3] Java plum, [3] black plum, jamun, jaman, jambul, or jambolan, [4] [5] is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae, and favored for its fruit, timber, and ornamental value. [5] It is native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
The naming of Ziziphus mauritiana by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, despite the species not being native to Mauritius, reflects a historical practice in taxonomy where newly described species were often associated with the nearest or most significant landmasses known at the time of discovery, rather than the exact location where the species was found.
This tree is found in South and Southeast Asia; it is known as Pyinkado (Burmese: ပျဉ်းကတိုး) in Myanmar, Căm xe in Vietnam, Sokram (សុក្រំ [5]) in Cambodia, Konda-tangedu or Erra-chinnangi in Andhra and Telangana, [6] Jamba or Jambe in Karnataka and Maharashtra, and Kangada in Odisha.
The name is of South American (more specifically Tupi-Guarani) origin, meaning fragrant. [3] The word jacaranda was described in A supplement to Mr. Chambers's Cyclopædia, 1st ed., (1753) as "a name given by some authors to the tree the wood of which is the log-wood, used in dyeing and medicine" and as being of Tupi-Guarani origin, [4] [5] by way of Portuguese. [6]