Spondias pinnata, Ambazham, Kattambazham, Hog plum, അമ്പഴം, കാട്ടമ്പഴം

Family: Anacardiaceae
Vernacular names: Ambazham, Kattambazham, അമ്പഴം, കാട്ടമ്പഴം (Malayalam), Hog plum (English), Amratakah (Sanskrit), Amara (Hindi), Kattuma (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Deciduous trees. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, clustered at the end of branches, estipulate. Flowers polygamous, yellowish-white, subsessile, in terminal spreading panicles. Fruit a fleshy drupe, yellow, endocarp woody surround by longitudinal interwoven fibers; seeds 1-3, pendulous, oblong.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: March-December

Parts used: Bark, leaves and fruit
Properties & Uses: The unripe fruits are recommended for sore throat. The juice of both fruits and leaves are used to treat earache, dysentery, diarrhea and dyspepsia. The bark is also useful for treating diarrhea and to prevent vomiting.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
Traditional Uses:Bark decoction is used in diarrhoea and vomiting.
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