Indian blackberry

• Boosts skin health: Indian blackberries are a rich source of antioxidants. This nutrient can have skin health-boosting properties. • Supports weight loss: Jamun is high in fibre and low in calories. This makes it a weight-loss-friendly fruit. • May improve haemoglobin: If you are looking for a way to boost your blood health, try including Indian blackberries in your diet. This fruit is a source of iron and may improve haemoglobin significantly. • Strengthens immunity: Jamun is a source of vitamin C - an essential nutrient that is known for its immunity-boosting benefits. • It is diabetes-friendly: If you are looking for diabetes-friendly summer fruit, try adding jamun to your diet as it has blood sugar-regulating properties.

Jamun cultivation has very good market potential due to great demand for the fruit and fruit products. However, due to lack of organised production , market demand gets unfulfilled. Moreover a huge amount of production is wasted due to this. Here we will learn about, Jamun and organised Jamun cultivation in details. Jamun fruits in tree Jamun or Indian Blackberry is a popular seasonal fruit of South Asia particularly India. But now it has also been introduced to different tropical countries around the world. The fruit is sweet , slightly tangy and astringent to taste. The vibrant purple coloured fruit also has various health benefits. In fact, it is also a popular prescription for diabetes. In India it is available in markets during months of June – August. Botanical Description Botanical name Syzygium cumini Skeels Family Myrtaceae Chromosome No 2n = 24 Names Jamun, Jambolan ,Jamuna , Kola jam, Naavar pazham, Indian Blackberry etc. Tree :- Tree is 35-50 ft / 12-15 m tall when it matures. Leaf :- The leaves are 3-10 cm long, oval in shape but pointed at the top. Flower :- Flowers are borne in clusters below the leaf in a short panicle. They are white to pink coloured, minute and scented but many. Uses ofJamun fruits and Tree Jamun Jam • Jamun fruits are used as a seasonal table fruit which is rich in nutrutrients, vitamins and minerals. It has excellent health benefits. • To prepare different value added products such as jamun Juice, Jam, wine etc. • Jamun wood is a water ...

• • • • Blackberries are super healthy; here's a step-by-step guide to grow them at home Blackberries are super healthy; here’s a step-by-step guide to grow them at home Blackberry -- which is low in calories, carbs, and fat -- helps in the prevention of many chronic and inflammatory diseases, said registered dietitian Garima Goyal If you have a green thumb and are fond of growing your own fruits and vegetables, we are sure you will love what we have in store for you today. No, we aren’t talking about having your own tomato, potato, aloe vera, or basil plant– we’ve taken it a notch higher and will tell you how you can grow But before proceeding, let’s first understand the many health benefits of blackberries. Like every other berry, *Grab a blackberry. Put it in a blender, add a bit of water, and blend. Strain the water to get the seeds. *”Now, on a foil, place a wet paper towel. Put the seeds over it with some fresh soil sprinkled on top. Fold the foil. Keep it in the refrigerator. After some time, the seeds would have sprouted,” said Adamjan. *Plant the sprouted seeds in a pot with some fresh soil. Water is generously. Put a bag or bottle over it for humidity. Soon, you will see a blackberry seedling growing. While black berry is grown in different continents, India has its own kind with same benefits. Kala jamun, generally relished during the summers has all the “Blackberries have exceptional nutrient composition and you can try growing them in your back garden. But if ...

Jamun is scientifically known as Syzygium cumini. It belongs to the family Myrtaceae and is native to China, India, Asia, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal. It is a flowering, tall and evergreen tree mostly found in tropical areas. The bark is rough, brown or gray in colour and densely rich in foliage and fragmented flowers that later on develop into berries. Unripe fruits are green or pink but after maturation the colour of fruits changes to black and purple. The fruit is fleshy, sweet, olive-like or oblong in shape. It is a fast growing ornamental tree and it can grow in wet or moist soil in shady areas. Jamun is richly loaded with dietary fibres, carbohydrates, vitamins including B 1, B 2, B 3, B 6 and vitamin C, minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, sodium, and potassium. Jamun fruits are sweet and astringent in taste and contain high amount of tannins, polyphenols and anthocyanins. The fruit contains a seed which is similar to a coffee bean in shape and size. The whole fruit, including seed is used to treat diabetes and its bark is used to treat dysentery, irregular menstruation, colic and diarrhoea. Fruit is widely eaten and use to make jelly and desserts. Syzygium cumini has been used by the Chinese to treat dysentery and diabetes. Due to its vast range of use in improving health of humans, it is used in herbal health supplements. Benefits of Jamun • Improves Digestive Health: The healing power of Jamun fruit is good for the stomac...

Indian Blackberry (Jamun) and Spirulina Spread Recipe For Diabetes Life and experimenting with ‘living’ had been my passion since childhood. I am a woman with conflicting interests. Though I always hated science (read Botany) but love to experiment with herbs and traditional practices related to plants and food. Despite of not really interested in cooking regular daily meals; I love to create healthy recipes which should look and taste interesting. In all humility I accept that I am a confused soul, who is not interested in any theories but practical aspects of everything. Be it life or food… Just a thought…. aren’t all Geminis like that? Hahaha… and yes I am a big time hoarder of natural foods in freezer. Of course, hoarding sucks especially of bad memories, clothes and things which hinder my efforts to adopt a minimalist lifestyle. Yet I love the hoarder in me when I create interesting smoothies and recipes using non-seasonal fruits and vegetables. I am going to share how to prepare and hoard Jamun in the form of a spread and that is my ‘First Recipe post on Not Your Old’. Indian Blackberry (Jamun) and Spirulina Spread Recipe This is the season of Indian Blackberry or Jamun. The name ‘Jamun’ makes me feel so proud of Hindi and India. We use the right word for the things very clearly. Here is a fruit which is purple (Jamuni) in colour and so we call it ‘Jamun’. On the other hand westerners call it ‘Indian Blackberry’… Hmmm! It hardly looks Black then why that name! Oh! th...

Jamun (Eugenia jambolan Linn.) is a large evergreen tropical tree native to India. It is distributed throughout India up to an altitude of 1800 meters. The habitat of Jamun tree starts from Myanmar and extended to Afghanistan. This tree is also found in other countries like Thailand, Philippines, and Madagascar. All parts of this tree are used in traditional medicine to treat various diseases. Latin name: Syzygium cuminii (Linn.) Skeels, Eugenia jambolana Lam., S. jambolanum (Lam.) Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Myrtales, Family: Myrtaceae, Genus: Syzygium, Species: S. cumini Vernacular Names of Jamun Assamese: Jamu Bengali: Jaam English: Java Plum, Jambolan, Black Plum, Indian Allspice, Indian Blackberry Gujrati: Jambu, Jambuda Tamil: Naaval, Navval Sambu, Mahamaram, Nagal Telugu: Nesedu Hindi: Jomuna, Raja Jambu, Jamun, Phalendra Kannada: Merale, Jamneralae, Jambu, Neralamara Malayalam: Njaval, yaval Marathi: Jambhool Oriya: Jamukoli, Jamu, Jam Punjabi: Jammu Urdu: Jamun The Bark of Jamun The bark of Jamun tree is astringent, sweet, refrigerant, carminative, diuretic, digestive, anti helminthic, febrifuge, constipating, stomachic and antibacterial. It is also a good blood purifier. The bark of Jamun tree contains pentacyclic triterpenoid betulinic acid. Betulinic acid is a naturally occurring tri-terpenoid, which has demonstrated selective cytotoxicity against a number of specific tumor and active against a verity of infectious agent such as HIV, malaria, etc. It also shows im...