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*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. | *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. | ||
| − | *In Sri Lanka pickled Ceylon | + | *In Sri Lanka pickled Ceylon [[Olive leaf]] are eaten as popular street food. |
==Common name== | ==Common name== | ||
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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. It may help treat diarrhoea due to its constipating effect.
- In Sri Lanka pickled Ceylon Olive leaf are eaten as popular street food.
Common name
- English - Ceylon olive
- Kannada - ಸಿಲೋನ್ ಆಲಿವ್
