Duhat
Syzgium cumini
BLACK PLUM

Other scientific names  Common names 
Calyptranthes jambolana  Duat (Pamp.)
Eugenia cumini  Dungboi (Ig.) 
Eugenia djouat  Duwet (Indon.)
Eugenia jambolana  Lomboi (Ilk., Tag., C.Bis.) 
Myrtus cumini  Longboi (Ilk.) 
Syzgium jambolana  Lumboi (Ibn., Ilk., P. Bis., Bik.) 
  Lungboi (Ilk.) 
  Java plum (English) 
  Black plum (English) 



Botany
A tree about 8 to 14 meters high with white branchlets and reddish young shoots. Leaves are broad-tipped, opposite, shiny and leathery, ellipitic, 6 to 15 cm long. Flowers, small, pinkish, in clusters, petal arranged to form a cup. Fruit is oval, 1 to 2 cm long, dark purple to black, fleshy and one-seeded, with a sweet-astringent taste.

Constituents
Gallic acid, 1.67% ; tannin, 19%; volatile oil, 0.05 %; fat, 0.37%; antimellin; jambulol; olein; linolein; palmitin; stearin; phytosterin; myricyl alcohol; hentriacontane.

Parts used and preparation
Fruit and bark.

Uses:
Folkloric
· Diarrhea: Liberal amounts of the fleshy portion of the fruit.
· Gum gingivitis: Use a 1% decoction of the bark as a gargle or mouthwash.
· Wounds: Use the bark decoction as an astringent wash.
Other uses
· Wine and fruit drink from the ripe fruits. Seeds used for fodder.

Availability
Wild-crafted.
Seasonal fruiting.