ABSTRACT
Western Ghats is an unbroken mountainous stretch, running parallel to the Arabian seacoast, in a north-south direction, for about 1500 km from the river Tapti in Gujarat to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, at the tip of the Indian peninsula. The importance of the Western Ghats in terms of its biodiversity is evident from the known document of its plant and animal diversity and the high endemism made to declare tropical regions of Asia as a biodiversity hotspot, along with Sri Lanka. Syzygium is represented by more than 1200 species all over the world, distributed in tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Australia and in southwestern Pacific regions. The forests, especially the evergreen and shola forests in the high ranges of the Western Ghats and northeastern region, are ideal habitats for Syzygium with a high rate of endemism. The species of Syzygium occur at an altitude between 100 and 2400 m asl, mainly on the windward side of the Western Ghats.
