Duhat (Tag.)
Syzygium cumini (L) Skeels
DiabetesTree Height: Not provided Leaves: Leaves are oppositely arranged, shiny and leathery, oblong-ovate to elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 6 to 12 centimeters long, the tip is broad and shortly pointed. Flowers: Flowers are small, numerous, scented, pink or nearly white, in clusters, without stalks, borne in crowded fascicles on the ends of the branchlets. Calyx is funnel-shaped, about 4 millimeters long, and 4-toothed. Petals cohere and fall all together as a small disk. Stamens are numerous and about as long as the calyx. Fruits: Oval to elliptic, 1.5 to 3.5 cm long, dark purple or nearly black, luscious, fleshy and edible with a sweet astringent taste, contains a single large seed.
Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Magbulus (Diarrhea). Preparation: Pabukal ing kasakmal a bulung keng limang basung danum kilub ning 5 minuto. (Boil a handful of leaves in 5 glasses of water for 5 minutes). Part used: Leaves | Diabetes. Preparation: Diabetes - Madalise (Boil leaves to concentrate). Part used: Leaves
Preparation
Pabukal ing kasakmal a bulung keng limang basung danum kilub ning 5 minuto. (Boil a handful of leaves in 5 glasses of water for 5 minutes) | Diabetes - Madalise (Boil leaves to concentrate)
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Quick Info
- Scientific Name
- Syzygium cumini (L) Skeels
- Local Name
- Duhat (Tag.)
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Category
- Diabetes
- Collected By
- Villanueva, SY Ramos, JI Serrano, JC Valencia, KAM Montero, LR Dumaan, SMO
- Date Collected
- Dec 23, 2019