Tuesday 16 April 2013

Ceremai

Buah ceremai is what we all used to eat as kids. We ate sour, sweet and pickled buah ceremai. Today, buah ceremai has other uses. The ceremai fruit and tree have medicinal uses. It is not known whether buah ceremai can help to dissolve gallstones. The scientific name for ceremai is Phyllanthus acidus.

Phyllanthus acidus, known as the Otaheite gooseberry, Malay gooseberry, Tahitian gooseberry, country gooseberry, star gooseberry, West India gooseberry, damsel, or simply gooseberry tree, is one of the trees with edible small yellow berries fruit in the Phyllanthaceae family.
The plant is also used medicinally. The peppered leaves are used to make a poultice to treat sciatica, lumbago and rheumatism, while the seeds are used as a cathartic and the root as a purgative. The syrup is used to medicate the stomach. In India, the fruit is eaten as a blood enhancer for the liver. P. acidus contains 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, caffeic acid, adenosine, kaempferol and hypogallic acid. - Wikipedia.

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