Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Ambhazham അമ്പഴം
Family: Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Genus: Spondias
Botanical name: Spondias pinnata
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Amrataka
Hindi: Jangli aam, Amra
English: Hogplum, Wild Mango, Andaman mombin, Indian hog plum, Indian mombin, Spanish plums
Malayalam: Ampazham, Ambalam, Mambuli
Genus: Spondias
Botanical name: Spondias pinnata
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Amrataka
Hindi: Jangli aam, Amra
English: Hogplum, Wild Mango, Andaman mombin, Indian hog plum, Indian mombin, Spanish plums
Malayalam: Ampazham, Ambalam, Mambuli
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
They are deciduous or semi-evergreen trees growing to 25 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, pinnate, rarely bipinnate or simple. The fruit is a drupe similar to a small mango (in the related genus Mangifera), 4–10 cm long, ripening yellow or orange. It has a single seed.
The Roots, Bark, Leaves and Fruits of Ampazham is used for cholera, diarrhoea, earacehe, night fever, ringworm and stomach-ache.