Ma-dan

Scientific name: Syzygium cumini
Previous name used in the website:
Family name: MYRTACEAE
English name: Black plum
Local name: Madan/Mahadan
Description: Large shrub or canopy tree, -25 m tall. Twigs slender, terete, cream. Leaves pale yellowish green, 6.5-11 x 2.5-5 cm, drying pale yellow-brown. Cymes -10 cm long, terminal or axillary; flower petals about 4 x 3 mm, white. Fruit about 12(-20) x 8(-14) mm, ripening purple.
Status: Native
Edible parts: Fruit
Ayurvedic usage:
Treatment for- Diarrhea
Dysentery
Ulcers
Spongy gums
Splenomegaly
Diabetes mellitus

PARTS USED IN TREATMENT:

Bark
Fruit
Seeds