Also called: Jambu phala · Rose-apple · Blackberry fruit · Jamun mark · Jambudvipa fruit

Where on the hand: Anywhere on the palm or on the mounts; in the classical lists it is one of the marks of the divine hands and feet.

What it looks like: A small plump oval, slightly wider at the base than at the top, with a short stalk at one end and often a faint line running up its length — the shape of the jamun or rose-apple fruit.

The jambu is the fruit that gives Jambudvīpa, the continent of the classical Indian world-map, its name, and the mark is read as sovereignty over one's own domain — a person whose sphere, however large or small, is genuinely theirs. Devotional sources read it as being the principal object of worship for the inhabitants of that continent; on a hand it is taken as abundance, sweetness of life, and reward that ripens rather than arrives suddenly.

Read with care: As with the gopada, the jambu belongs to the devotional lists of marks on divine hands and feet, not to the technical manuals; the palmistry reading is an extension of the symbolism.