Fruit phenolics are important dietary antioxidant and antidiabetic constituents. The fruit parts (pulp, seed, seed coat, kernel) of underutilized indigenous six black jamun landraces (Syzygium cumini L.), found in Gir forest region of India and differed in their fruit size, shape and weight, are evaluated and correlated with antidiabetic, DPPH radical scavenging and phenolic constituents. The a-amylase inhibitors propose an efficient antidiabetic strategy and the levels of postprandial hyperglycemia were lowered by restraining starch breakdown. The sequential solvent systems with ascending polarity-petroleum ether, ethyl acetate, methanol and water were performed for soxhlet extraction by hot percolation method and extractive yield was found maximum with methanolic fruit part extracts of six landraces. The methanolic extracts of fruit parts also evidenced higher antidiabetic activity and hence utilized for further characterization. Among the six landraces, pulp and kernel of BJLR-6 (very small, oblong fruits) evidenced maximum 53.8 and 98.2% inhibition of a-amylase activity, respectively. The seed attained inhibitory activity mostly contributed by the kernel fraction. The inhibition of DPPH radical scavenging activity was positively correlated with phenol constituents. An HPLC-PDA technique was used to quantify the seven individual phenolics. The seed and kernel of BJLR-6 exhibited higher individual phenolics-gallic, catechin, ellagic, ferulic acids and quercetin, whereas pulp evidenced higher with gallic acid and catechin as a-amylase inhibitors. The IC 50 value indicates concentration of fruit extracts exhibiting C50% inhibition on porcine pancreatic a-amylase (PPA) activity. The kernel fraction of BJLR6 evidenced lowest (8.3 lg ml-1) IC 50 value followed by seed (12.9 lg ml-1), seed coat (50.8 lg ml-1) and pulp (270 lg ml-1). The seed and kernel of BJLR-6 inhibited PPA at much lower concentrations than standard acarbose (24.7 lg ml-1) considering good candidates for antidiabetic herbal formulations. Keywords Syzygium cumini L. Á Fruit parts Á a-Amylase inhibition Á Antioxidant activity Á HPLC profile Á Herbal formulation Abbreviations DPPH 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl NIDDM Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus WHO World health organization BJLR Black jamun landraces HPLC High-performance liquid chromatography DNSA Di-nitro salicylic acid PDA Photodiode array 2FCRD Two factor complete block randomized design PPA Porcine pancreatic a-amylase IC 50 50% inhibition of enzyme activity Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (