Duhat (Tag.)

Duhat (Tag.)

Syzygium cumini (L) Skeels

Diabetes

Tree 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)

Location & Habitat

REGION III (CENTRAL LUZON), PAMPANGA, MAGALANG, Terrestrial

Research

Pampanga State Agricultural University: Documentation of Traditonal Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health among Ayta Communities in Pampanga

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Duhat (Tag.)
Duhat (Tag.)

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