EUGENIA JAMBOLANA / Syzygium cumini L

Plant Name: EUGENIA JAMBOLANA / Syzygium cumini L.

English Name: Blackberry

Local Name:

• Black plum,
• Indian blackberry,
• Jambul, Jambu,Jamun, Java plum,

Family: Syzygium cumini L

Uses:
Unripe fruit is used for making vinegar. The juice is also criminating, diuretic and gives a soothing effect on human digestive system. The juice of ripe fruit is used for preparing sauces as well as beverages. It is also dried with salt and preserved as a digestive powder or churan. The seed as well as bark have several applications in Ayurveda, Unani and Chinese system of medicine. The seed is also rich in protein and carbohydrates. It also contains traces of calcium. These are, therefore, widely used as cattle feed, a medicine against diabetes and antidote in a kind of soft-food poisoning. Diabetic patients can take Jamun fruit regularly during the season of its availability for a temporary relief from the said malady. The Jamun bark also acts as tonic, astringent and anti-periodic too. As Jamun showed such a powerful effect on the artificially-produced diabetes.