Tanaman Obat ( Jamblang )

Description:
Jamblang classified fruit plants originating from tropical Asia and Australia. Usually planted in the garden or growing wild, especially in teak forests. Jamblang grow at low altitude 500 m above sea level. Tree height is 10-20 m thick trunked, growing crooked, and branched out a lot. Leaves single, thick, petiole 1 to 3.5 cm. Wide leaf blade rounded or elongated oval upside down, the base width of wedge-shaped, flat edge, pertulangan pinnate, upper surface glossy, 7-16 cm long, 5-9 cm wide, it's green. Panicles of compound interest with far-flung branches, flowers sit, grow in the armpits and at the end of branching leaves, calyx bell shaped light green, oval crown shape, many stamens, white, and smells wonderful. Buni fruit fruit, oval, 2-3 cm long, young green, cooked color after dark purplish red. Seed single, oval shape, hard, white color. Rooted riding, ramify, light brown. Typically, the ripe fruit eaten fresh jamblang. It's a bit sour and Sepat. Bark can be used as a coloring agent.

Local Name:
Sumatra LOCAL NAME: jambe Kleng (Aceh), guava kling (Gayo), guava prop (Mink.). ] Awa: jamblang (Sunda), juwet, Duwet, d. manting (Java), dhalas, d. Bato, dhuwak (Madura). Nusa Tenggara: juwet, jujutan (Bali), klayu (Sasak), duwe (Bima), jambulan (Flores). Sulawesi: raporapo Java (Napier), alicopeng (Bugis). Maluku: jambula (Ternate). Malay: jamlang, jambelang, Duwet. NAME OF FOREIGN Hainan pu tao, wu guo Kou, zi pu tao (C), Waa (T), java plum, black plum, jambolan, crested (I). NAME simplicia Syzygii cumini Cortex (bark jamblang), Syzygii Semen cumini (seeds jamblang).


Curable Disease:
Flesh sweet and sour taste, its cool, strong astringent, aromatic smell. Efficacious grease pulmonary organs, stop cough, laxative urine (diuretic), laxative fart (carminative), improve digestive disorders, stimulates saliva, and lowering blood glucose levels (hypoglycemic). Bark efficacious for peluruh menstruation. The results showed seeds, leaves and bark properties jamblang have lower blood glucose levels (hypoglycemic effect) in patients with diabetes mellitus type II. Research in India get the result that the fruit jamblang potential as contraceptive in men. In animal experiments, jamblang can prevent the onset of cataracts due to diabetes. Jamblang also reduce the risk of atherosclerosis up to 60-90% in diabetics. This occurs because the content of oleanolic acid on jamblang to suppress the role of free radicals in the formation of atherosclerosis.