Jamun
- Botanical Name: Syzygium cumini and Eugenia Jambolana
- Family Name: Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
- Common Name: Engenia Jambolana, Syzygium Cumini, Java Plum, Syzygium Jambolana, Jaman, Jambu, Zamblam
- Part Used: Seed's powder
- Active Compounds: amboline, ellagic acid.
- Main Active Constituents:- Saponin
Description:
The evergreen Jamun plant is originally from Indonesia, Surinam and India.
An evergreen tropical tree 50 to 100 ft. tall, with oblong opposite leaves that are smooth, glossy; they have a turpentine smell. The bark is scaly gray and the trunk forks into multiple trunks about 3 - 5' from the ground
Jamun has fragrant white flowers in branched clusters at stem tips and
purplish-black oval edible berries.
The juicy fruit-pulp contains resin,
gallic acid and tannin; it tastes usually from acid to fairly sweet.
The
somewhat astringent, jamun fruit can be utilized for juice. This berry has only
one seed. Although a tropical tree, it grows easy in sub-tropical climates and
can also be found in Florida, USA.
Ayurvedic concepts :
Jambul has long been used as anti diabetic and carminative, in diarrhea, stomachache, astringent and diuretic. Very useful in leucorrhoea, and dysentery.
Uses:
- Mainly used as an anti diabetic. It is said to have the power of checking the pathological conversion of starch into sugar in cases of increased production of glucose. It diminishes the quantity of sugar in urine and allays the unquenchable thirst caused by diabetes.
- All parts of the java plum can be used medicinally and it has a long tradition in alternative medicine.
- In India the bark is used for anemia, the bark and seed for diabetes which reduce the blood sugar level quickly, the fruit for dysentery, leaves juice for gingivitis (bleeding gums). In the Philippines and Suriname wine is made from the fermented fruit.
Cost : 60 vege capsules or 500 gm of Jamun seed powder is of 18.00$
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