Description: The Java Plum or Jambolan (G.) is a tree originally from India, Nepal and Indonesia. According to Ajit Dangi, the seed of this Jambu came from India, having been planted in the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória for about 20 years.
Its fruits were consumed and sold in the neighborhood, and the seeds used for medicinal use, such as control of diabetes. (*)
Provided by: Ajit Dangi, a Mozambique-born Portuguese.
Present Location: Vitoria Garden Collection (it was transplanted from Quinta da Vitoria neighborhood in October 2014)
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 the demolition in Lisbon, Loures and London between July 2012 and October 2014.
