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High quality Plant parts of Diospyros malabarica (Thimbiri) grown in Sri Lanka without any chemical fertilizers.

Manufactured and distributed by a Sri Lankan government registered company. – S N Ceylon Products Pvt Ltd

Plant Introduction

The trunk is rough and black- brown, vertically segmented and peeling in old trees. The tree has a dark under canopy. Leaves are glossy and shiny above, turn from bright green to dark green with maturity, yellowish when drying, 9-22 cm long and 5-7 cm broad, alternately arranged on short branchlets, oblong to lanceolate in shape, with a tapered base and rounded apex and a prominent midrib. Male inflorescences form globose buds which are about 2 cm at maturity. Male flowers are nearly 1-1.5 cm long with many filaments at the centre. Female inflorescences have 1-5 flowers, each about 2 cm long, white in colour, and attract bees. The fruit is globose and soft coated, up to 6 cm in diameter, turns orange when ripe. The top is often depressed, and the base has a persistent, woody calyx.

Benefits

01. The fruit, when unripe, is said to be cold, light, and astringent; and to possesses anti-bacterial and anthelmintic activity.

02. It is used externally to heal sores and wounds.

03. When ripe, the fruit is beneficial in treating diarrhoea and dysentery; blood diseases; gonorrhoea and leprosy.

04. The fruit is also said to break fever, to be an antidote for snake poisoning, and to be demulcent.

05. The juice of the fresh bark is useful in the treatment of bilious fevers.

06. Externally, the bark is said to be a good application for treating boils and tumours.

07. The medicinal properties of the plant are most likely due to the presence of tannins.

08. The seeds are used as a treatment for diarrhoea and chronic dysentery.

The oil extracted from the seeds is used medicinall