Friday, July 5, 2024

Syzygium mundagam (Bourd.) Chithra

 

Family: Myrtaceae

Synonym: Jambosa mundagam Gamble

Vernacular name: Kattuchamba,Kattuchampa,Mundagam

Habit: Medium Sized Tree

Habitat: Evergreen forest

Distribution: Southern western Ghats

Flowering and fruiting: February-March

Key identification feature: Trees with leaves simple, arranged in an opposite pattern, and may have stipules. The flowers are bisexual and are usually white. They grow in terminal, many-flowered corymbs. As for the fruit, it is an ovoid berry..

Uses: antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects, managing diabetes and promoting digestive health due to their hypoglycemic and gastroprotective properties.



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