Syzygium cumini
Syzygium cumini
Author : (L.) Skeels
Family : Myrtaceae

Habit: Large tree
Sanskrit: Jambuh
English: Jaman, Jambolan, Black plum
 
Description
A large, evergreen tree, up to 30 m tall, with brown or greyish bark having shallow depressions, exfoliating in woody scales, lanceolate, elliptic-oblong or broadly ovate-elliptic, gland-dotted, smooth, shiny leaves, greenish-white, fragrant flowers, in trichotomous panicles, ellipsoid or oblong, black-purple fruits containing a single seed embedded in pinkish juicy pulp.
Useful part

Bark, leaves, fruits, seeds
Medicinal Uses

diabetes, leucorrhoea, stomach pain, fever, internal bleeding, wounds skin diseases, strengthening the teeth and gums, vomiting, diarrhoea, spleen disorders, ringworm
Major chemical constituents

Betulic acid, friedelin, friedelinol, kaempferol and its 3-0-glucoside, quercetin, sitosterol and its glucoside, sucrose, tannins, gallic acid, ellagic acid,  betulinic acid, crotegolic acid, myricetin-3-L-arabinoside, dihydromyricetin, quercetin-3-D-galactoside, oleanolic acid, acetyl oleanolic acid, Eugenia-triterpenoid A & B, isoquercetin, kaempferol, delphinidin-3-gentiobioside, malvidin-3-laminaribioside, petunidin-3-gentiobioside, malic acid, oxalic acid, tannins, cyanidindiglycosides, waxy component, triterpenhydroxy acid, oleanolic acid, corilagin & related ellagitannins, 3,6-hexahdyroxydiphenoyl glucose, 1-galloylglucose, 3-galloylglucose, 3,3’,4’-tri-0-methylellagic, 3,4’-di-0-methylellagic, caffeic, ferulic, guaiacol, resorcinol dimethyl ether, veratrole, lignanglucoside, medioresinol 4”-0-β-glucoside, (+)-pinoresinol-0-β-glucoside, (+)-syringaresinol-0-β-glucoside, dihydrodehydrodiconiferyl alcohol 4’-0-β-glucoside and 5-(hydroxymethyl) furfural, methylxanthoxyline, 2,6-dihydroxy 4-methoxyacetophenone, α- & β pinene, limonene, borylacetate