Indian coffee plum

It is native to Assam, Tripura, Bangladesh, South-Central and Southeast China, East Himalaya, Hainan, Myanmar, and Nepal. It is found as an introduced species in Borneo, Cambodia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Java, Kenya, Laos, the Leeward Islands, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Caledonia, the Nicobar Islands, Queensland, Réunion, the Seychelles, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam, and the Windward Islands.

The plant is considered one of the primary host plants of the Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni).

Flacourtia jangomas fruits are widely eaten around South Asia, both raw and cooked. They are noted for their mild sour and tangy taste. The fruits are pickled, salt-dried or cooked in Indian curries. They can also be blended into juices or made into jams and marmalades which are immensely popular in Southern India. Commercially produced coffee plum jams and pickles are exported across the world by various companies, mainly from Kerala.

In South Asian folkloric medicine, the fruits and leaves of Indian coffee plum are used against diarrhea. Dried leaves are reportedly effective for bronchitis and roots are said to suppress toothache. The bark of Flacourtia jangomas has various antifungal and antibacterial constituents which makes it an important ingredient for a few Ayurvedic drugs. Ground bark paste is also used for curing many common ailments in the tribal settlements of Western Ghat.