[[File:586px-Elaeocarpus serratus leaves.jpg|thumb|right|''Veralu'', ''Ceylon Olive'', ''Elaeocarpus serratus'']]
This is a tropical fruit found in the Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China and South East Asia. It is an ornamental medium sized tree indigenous to Sri Lanka, producing smooth, ovoid green fruits. The fruit has nutritive and medicinal values.
This is a tropical fruit found in the Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China and South East Asia. It is an ornamental medium sized tree indigenous to Sri Lanka, producing smooth, ovoid green fruits. The fruit has nutritive and medicinal values.The fruits are high in starch and sugar and have low amounts of protein and iron. It may help treat diarrhoea due to its constipating effect.It is an Asia-tropical fruit tree. Found in India - Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Assam and Nepal and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the Indian Subcontinent. == Uses == *The fruits are high in starch and sugar and have low amounts of protein and iron.[citation needed] It may help treat diarrhoea due to its constipating effect.(unverified information)*In Sri Lanka pickled Ceylon Olives are eaten as popular street food. == External Links == [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaeocarpus_serratus Elaeocarpus serratus-Wikipedia]
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