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'''''Flacourtia jangomas''''', '''Indian plum''', '''coffee plum''', is a lowland and mountain [[rain forest]] tree in the [[Salicaceae]] or Willow Family.<ref name="Hanelt">{{cite book | editor-last = Hanelt | editor-first = Peter | editor2-last = Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research | title = Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: (Except Ornamentals) | publisher = Springer | date = 2001 | pages = 3700 | isbn = 978-3540410171}}</ref><ref name ="Chandra">{{cite journal | last = Chandra | first = Indrani | coauthors = P. Bhanja | title = Study of organogenesis in vitro from callus tissue of Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch through scanning electron microscopy | journal = Current Science | volume = 83 | issue = 4 | pages = 476–479 | publisher = [[Current Science Association]] and [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] | location = India | date = 2002-08-25 | accessdate = 2008-12-29}}</ref> It is widely cultivated in [[Southeast Asia|Southeast]] and [[East Asia]], and has escaped cultivation in a number of places.<ref name="hear">[http://www.hear.org/pier/species/flacourtia_jangomas.htm Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeuschel], ''Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)''</ref>. Its wild origin is unknown but is speculated to be tropical Asia, perhaps India.<ref name="hear"/><ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?17120 Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch.], ''GRIN Taxonomy for Plants''</ref> 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.<ref name="Hanelt" /><ref name="Chandra" /> It is sometimes harvested for its [[lumber]]. The plant is considered one of the primary host plants of the Queensland fruit fly (''[[Bactrocera tryoni]]'')<ref name="Both">{{cite web | last = Botha | first = John | coauthors = Darryl Hardie and Greg Power | title = Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni: Exotic threat to Western Australia | work = AGWEST Factsheet | publisher = The Government of Western Australia | date = 2000 | url = http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/content/PW/INS/PP/HORT/FS04300.PDF | format = pdf | accessdate = 2008-12-29}}</ref> ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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