Madan

Scientific name:	Syzygium cumini*
Family name:	MYRTACEAE
English name:	Black plum
Local name:	Madan/Mahadan
Description:	Large shrub or canopy tree, -25 m tall. Twigs slender, terete, cream. Leaves pale yellowish green, 6.5-11 x 2.5-5 cm, drying pale yellow-brown. Cymes -10 cm long, terminal or axillary; flower petals about 4 x 3 mm, white. Fruit about 12(-20) x 8(-14) mm, ripening purple.
Status:	Native
Edible parts:	Fruit
Ayurvedic usage: Treatment for- Diarrhoea Dysentery Ulcers Spongy gums Splenomegaly Diabetes mellitus PARTS   USED  IN  TREATMENT: Bark Fruit Seeds source by .instituteofayurveda.org