Steinmetz:Syzygium

Syzygium jambolanum

Also known as (or relevant to) Syzygium jambolanum Syzygium cuminii Eugenia jambolina Family Myrtaceae English Names Jambul Jambool Java Plum Malabar Plum tree Jambolan plum Natural Habitat India Indonesia Malaya West Indies Queensland (Australia) Part(s) Used Cortex Syzygii jambolani Fructus Syzygii jambolani Semen Syzygii jambolani

Constituent(s) fruit: jamboline resin tannic acid essential oil fatry oil; bark: gallus-acid resin tannin; seed: jamboline chlorophyll albumen gallic acid ellagic acid essential oil fatty oil tannin starch resin albumen sugar Action bark: anti-diabetic anti-diarrhetic diuretic astringent tanning material; berry: anti-diabetic astringent; seed: anti-diabetic astringent diuretic. P. S. The glucoside jamboline is said to have the power of checking the pathological conversion of starch into sugar in cases of increased production of glucose