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Java Plum

Syzygium cumini — what it is, what it has traditionally been used for, and which sea buckthorn formulations carry it.

Botanical nameSyzygium cumini
Part usedFruit and seed
In this range2 products

Jamun is the Java plum, the deep purple fruit of Syzygium cumini, a large tree common across India. The fruit is eaten; it is the seed that is used medicinally, dried and powdered.

Its traditional use is blood sugar, and jamun seed is one of the standard Ayurvedic inclusions for that, and here it sits alongside karela and punarnava. The research is limited and mostly preclinical.

What it is doing in these products

It appears in the blood sugar formulations.