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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