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General Information

Ziziphus xylopyrus is a sparsely armed evergreen tree growing up to 12 metres tall[].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. It is harvested in quantity from the wild, being traded for its medicinal uses, and is occasionally cultivated as a useful tree in southeast Asia[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

E. Asia - India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh

Habitat

Very common in foothill scrub jungles; at elevations up to 1,200 metres[].

Properties

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Habit	Tree
Height	10.00 m
Cultivation Status	Cultivated, Wild

Cultivation Details

In India the tree is important as a host for the lac insect[]..

Edible Uses

Fruit[]. Both ripe and unripe fruits are eaten[]. The fruit is a globose drupe, 20mm in diameter, containing 2 - 3 seeds[].

Medicinal

The powdered fresh stem bark powder is soaked in water for twelve hours and filtered; the filtrate is taken orally in empty stomach as a treatment for stomachache. The powder is made into a paste and taken in the form of pills as a treatment for cholera.

The root bark powder, combined with that of Anogeissus latifolia and Acacia catechu, together with the whole plant of Viscum articulatum, is taken orally with water as a treatment for bleeding piles and also bleeding from the nose and mouth.
The bark is boiled with water to make a wash for treating skin rashes[]

The powdered fruit is taken orally as a treatment for diabetes. Combined with ginger, it is used to treat stomach aches. The fresh fruit is used to treat urinary spasms.
The crushed fruit powder is soaked in water and kept overnight, the extract is taken by the women early in the morning for 7 days to check oogenesis.

The fruit and bark contain tannins and are astringent. They are used in the treatment of diarrohea.

The leaves are chewed as a remedy for urinary problems. A decoction of the leavs, combined with Muraya koenigii stem bark and Terminalia bellerica leaves are taken internally as a treatment for snake bites.
A leaf paste is applied topically as a treatment for pimples. The powdered leaves, combined with the latex of Ipomea carnea, are applied topically on boils.
A paste of the leaves, combined with the flowers of Datura innoxia, is applied on patches of leucoderma at night to bring relief.

The crushed roots, combined with the stem barks of Calotropis gigantea, Erythroxylum monogynum, Pterocarpus marsupium, and 10 - 12 dry chili peppers is used in the treatment of asthma.

The roasted seed powder paste is applied over the chest for relieving the pain after cough and colds
The seeds are dried and ground to a fine powder. One table spoon full of powder, mixed with 50ml of water, is taken orally in the treatment of diarrhoea.

An alcoholic extract of the bark possesses anti-nociceptive, anti-convulsant and anti-inflammatory properties[].
The plant contains alkaloids, amphibine H and nummularine K. Both the alkaloids showed significant antimicrobial activity[].

Other Uses

A tannin obtained from the seeds is used as a black dye[].

The wood is used for fuel.

Propagation

Seed -

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