科別:桃金孃科Myrtaceae
原產地:印度、斯里蘭卡、孟加拉、尼泊爾、巴基斯坦、寮國、柬埔寨、緬甸、泰國、越南、馬來西亞、中國、印尼、澳洲
種植區:玄奘大師區
植物特性:
常綠大喬木;枝平展。葉闊長橢圓形,厚革質,長6-13公分,表面深綠有光澤,背黃綠無光。複聚繖花序腋生,長達11公分,花瓣白色。果紫黑熟。
花期:6月- 8月 果期:7月-9月
資料來源:http://kplant.biodiv.tw/%E8%82%AF%E6%B0%8F%E8%92%B2%E6%A1%83/%E8%82%AF%E6%B0%8F%E8%92%B2%E6%A1%83.htm
經文:
■《大智度論‧釋報應品》:「閻浮,樹名,其林茂盛,此樹於林中最大。提名為洲,此洲上有此樹林。林中有河,底有金沙,名為閻浮檀金。以閻浮樹故,名為閻浮洲。」
相關簡介:
■在印度,肯氏蒲桃名為「閻浮樹」或「贍部樹(jambu)」,傳說中的世界四大部洲中,在須彌山之南者,因為有這種大樹而名為南贍部洲。
The Buddhist term “Jambudvīpa” derives its name from the Jambu-tree which grows there, its trunk fifteen yojanas in girth, its outspreading branches fifty yojanas in length, its shade one hundred yojanas in extent and its height one hundred yojanas. In Buddhism, Jambudvīpa is the region where the humans live and is the only place where a being may become enlightened by being born as a human being.