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Diospyros melanoxylon

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Diospyros melanoxylon is a medium-sized tree or shrub that can be deciduous in drier localities and evergreen in moister ones. It can grow up to 25 metres tall. The bole can be 60cm in diameter.Mental disorders

Uses

Mental disorders, Nervous breakdowns, Palpitations of the heart, Urinary diseases, Blood diseases, Skin diseases, Diarrhoea.

Food

Diospyros melanoxylon can be used in Food. Ripe fruits are eaten raw.

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

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Common names

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

Nutritional components

Diospyros melanoxylon Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium[2]

Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

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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

Cultvation Details

A plant of the lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 900 metres. Diospyros melanoxylon is available through February-April[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

  1. [Chemistry]
  2. Forest food for Northern region of western ghat pdf by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, MACS - Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

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