Syzygium FRUTICOSUM DC.


Synonym : Eugenia fruticosa (DC.) Roxb.
Bangla Name : Sabri, Ta Sabbri (Marma).
English Name : -
Family : Myrtaceae
Disease : Blood dysentery.
Description : A small to medium-sized, much branched, evergreen tree. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 5-13 cm long, gradually acuminate, base narrowed to a short petiole, lateral veins closely parallel. Flowers white, small in much branched trichotomous cymes from the scars of fallen leaves. Fruit a globose berry, the size of a pea, black or purple when ripe.
Distribution : Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tract, Cox’s Bazar, Comilla, Dinajpur, Gazipur, Tangail and Sundarbans. Occur in the forests outskirts and village shrubberies.
Chemical Constituents : -
Uses : Juice of the tender leaves with rice water is taken in blood dysentery.
Habit : Tree