Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Maadam |
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| Formal name | Jambu | |
Other names Tips！ | Jamun, Jambul (T), Kalijam (B), Jamun (H), Doddanirlu kalu (K), Naval (M), Neredu (Te), Naval (Ta), Dzambu (Ti), Madan, Maha-dan (Sin) | |
| English name | Jambul, Black Plum | |
| Original plant name | Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels (= Eugenia jambolana Lam.), Jambul, Black Plum | |
| Family name | Myrtaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | bark |
| Collection information | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Colombo , Ayurveda Cooperation | |
| Collection date | 1983/02/ | |
| TMPW No. | 1616 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Jambu (Bark), Jambul, Black Plum | |||
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| Original plant name | Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels (= Eugenia jambolana Lam.) | ||||
| Family name | Myrtaceae | ||||
| Used part | Bark, Seeds, Leaves | ||||
| Distribution area | Throughout India, upto 1800m altitude, usually along river banks. Also cultivated as shade trees along roadsides. | ||||
| Common uses | This drug is astringent, carminative, diuretic, digestive, anthelmintic, stomachic and antibacterial. This is used in the treatment of haemorrhages/hemorrhages, burning sensation, dysentery, diarrhoea/diarrhea, dyspepsia, cough, asthma, diabetes, sore throat and excessive thirst. Decoction of the bark is given internally for diarrhoea and dysentery. Externally it is used for cleaning ulcers and as a mouthwash for spongy gums. A fine paste of the bark with cow's milk cures bloody discharge in dysentery. Bark is used in dyeing and tanning. | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | Extracts of the bark possess moderate antibiotic activity against Microcccus pyogenes var. aureus. Bark extract is reported to have an effect on glycogenolysis and glycogen storage in animals. Extracts of bark are toxic to Piricularia oryzae Cav. and Physalospora tucumanesis Speg. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 5 (Repr.1997), pp 225-228. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 188. Medicinal plants (Indigenous and exotic) used in Ceylon, Vols. 1-5, 1982. Jayaweera, D.M.A., The National Science Council of Sri Lanka, Colombo Vol. 4, p 123. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2023/11/22 | ||||
