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Syzygium malaccense

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Malay apple is an evergreen tree with a spreading but cone-shaped crown. It usually grows 5 - 20 metres tall, though specimens to 30 metres have been recorded from New Guinea.

Uses

Tuberculosis, Mouth infections, Stomach ache, Abdominal ailments, Mouth sores, Red eyes.[1]

Parts Used

Fruits, Flowers, Young leaves.

Chemical Composition

Silica gel chromatography of the dichloromethane extract of the air-dried leaves of S. samarangense afforded 2′,4′- dihydroxy-6′-methoxy-3′-methylchalcone (1), 2′,4′-dihydroxy-6′-methoxy-3′,5′-dimethylchalcone (2), 2′-hydroxy4′,6′-dimethoxy-3′-methylchalcone (3), squalene (4), betulin (5), lupeol (6), sitosterol (7), and a mixture of cycloartenyl stearate (8a), lupenyl stearate (8b), β-sitosteryl stearate (8c), and 24-methylenecycloartenyl stearate.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Evergreen tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Air layering, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of the fairly moist, lowland tropics, where it can also be found at elevations up to 1,200 metres.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Coastal areas, Common in villages, Lowland secondary forests, Cultivated valleys.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. Chemical constituents
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

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