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'''Mimusops elengi''' is a medium-sized evergreen tree found in tropical forests in South Asia, Southeast Asia and northern Australia. English common names include '''Spanish cherry''', '''medlar''', and '''bullet wood'''. Its timber is valuable, the fruit is edible, and it is used in traditional medicine.
 
'''Mimusops elengi''' is a medium-sized evergreen tree found in tropical forests in South Asia, Southeast Asia and northern Australia. English common names include '''Spanish cherry''', '''medlar''', and '''bullet wood'''. Its timber is valuable, the fruit is edible, and it is used in traditional medicine.
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'''Ayurvedic uses'''
 
'''Ayurvedic uses'''

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Mimusops elengi is a medium-sized evergreen tree found in tropical forests in South Asia, Southeast Asia and northern Australia. English common names include Spanish cherry, medlar, and bullet wood. Its timber is valuable, the fruit is edible, and it is used in traditional medicine.


Ayurvedic uses

The bark, flowers, fruits, and seeds of Mimusops elengi are used in Ayurvedic medicine in which it is purported to be astringent, cooling, anthelmintic, tonic, and febrifuge. It is mainly used for dental ailments such as bleeding gums, pyorrhea, dental caries, and loose teeth.

Other uses

  1. The edible fruit is softly hairy becoming smooth, ovoid, bright red-orange when ripe.
  2. The wood is a luxurious wood that is extremely hard, strong and tough, and rich deep red in color. The heart wood is sharply defined from the sapwood. It works easily and takes a beautiful polish. Weight is 1008 kg per cubic meter.

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