MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MT052 : Eugenia jambolana Lam. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 194 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Near village | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Tree | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Common | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Myrtaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Jambhul, Jamun, Rose Apple, Malabar plum, Jambo • Assamese: Golapi jamuk, Bangali jarnuk, Boga-jarnuk • Bengali: Golapjam • Hindi: Gulab jamun • Kannada: Jambu, Pannerale • Malayalam: Malakkachampa • Manipuri: Gulab Jam • Marathi: Jamb • Nepali: Gulab jamun • Tamil: Perunaval • Telugu: Gulabjama, Jambunaeredu • Urdu: Sirka Jamun | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Syzygium jambolanum Eugenia cumini Syzygium cumini (L.) |
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| Description : | An evergreen tree up to 10 m tall. The terminal inflorescence is showy and usually carries four whitish-green flowers on the outside of the crown. The leaves are lanceshaped, 2-4 cm broad, 10 cm to 20 cm long, pointed, base wedge-shaped with hardly any leaf-stalk, lively red when growing, but dark, glossy green on attaining full size. The showy flowers are in small clusters at branch-ends, white or greenish white, the long, numerous stamens giving them a diameter of 5-8 cm. The fruits are whitish-green, rose scented, about 5 cm long and ripen over an extended period. The edible fruit is shaped like a small pear. The flesh is a bit softer than that of an apple. It tastes like a cross between apple and watermelon, with a very mild rose scent and a slightly bitter aftertaste. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | diabetes; It is also used for digestion disorders including gas (flatulence), bowel spasms, stomach problems, and severe Diarrhea (dysentery). Another use is treatment of lung problems such as bronchitis and asthma. Some people use jambolan as an aphrodisiac to increase interest in sexual activity, and as a tonic. In combination with other herbs, jambolan seed is used for constipation, diseases of the pancreas, stomach problems, nervous disorders, depression, and exhaustion. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | delphinidin-3,5-diglucoside petunidin-3,5-diglucoside delphinidin petunidin d malvidin cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside peonidin cyanidin petunidin Quercetin Myricetin Kaempferol Luteolin Isorhamnetin Naringenin Resveratrol |
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