Jamu
| Botanical name: | Syzygium cumini (=Eugenia jambolana) |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Local name: | Jamu, Jamukoli, Jamun |
| Common name: | Java Plum |
| Parts used: | Fruit, Seed, Leaf, Bark |
| Plant character: | It is an evergreen flowering plant with white flowers and deep purple to blue fleshy edible fruits. The plant needs full sunlight for ideal growth. Common along streams, river banks and damp forests; grown as avenue plant. |
USES:
Fruits, leaves, seeds and bark are used in Ayurvedic medicine. Fruit extract is used to treat common cold, cough, asthma and dysentery. Leaves are used to stop vomiting and seeds to control diabetes. Seed power is administered for control of diabetes.
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