Description: The Java Plum is originally from India Nepal and Indonesia. According to Ajit Dangi, the seed of this Jambu(G.) came from India, and was planted in the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória about 20 years ago. Its fruits were consumed and sold in the neighborhood. In addition its seeds were harvested for medicinal use, such as diabetes control. (*)
Provided by: Ajit Dangi, a Mozambique-born Portuguese.
Present Location: Quinta da Vitoria neighborhood (this tree was planted near the Java Plum number 6, and transplanted from the Vitoria Garden Collection)
Last revision date: March 2016
(I) Numbering in accordance with the archive of trees and plants identified in the Quinta da Vitoria 2012 and 2013.
(II) Mabberley, David J. Mabberley´s Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classifications and Uses. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
(*)Testimonies of residents gathered in a set of recorded conversations in the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória and after its demolition, recorded in Lisbon, Loures and London between July 2012 and October 2014.
(G.) Word in Gujarat language.
