BOTANICAL NAME: SYZYGIUM CUMINI

FAMILY: Myrtaceae

SYNONYMS:

ENGLISH: Jambolan, black plum

HINDI: Syzygium

TAMIL: Sijijiyaṁ

TELUGU: Cijijiyam

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS:

v anthocyanins, glucoside, ellagic acid, isoquercetin, kaemferol and myrecetin. The seeds are claimed to contain alkaloid, jambosine, and glycoside jambolin or antimellin, which halts the diastatic conversion of starch into sugar.

USES:

v Bronchitis

v Asthma

v Thirst

v Biliousness

v Dysentery and ulcers

v It has astringent carminative

v Stomachic, diuretic, antidiabetic

v Anti-diarrheal, anti-inflammatory,

v Radioprotectivegastroprotective, antioxidant

v Antibacterial

v Cardioprotective effects