Common name: Gaub गाब (Hindi), தும்பிகா Tumbika (Tamil), Temburi (Marathi), Panancca (Malayalam), Bandadamara (Telugu), Holitupare (Kannada)
Botanical name: Diospyros malabarica Family: Ebenaceae (ebony family) Synonyms: Diospyros peregrina
Gab is an evergreen tree with a spreading crown. The leaves are long and
glossy. The flowers have a tough texture and are creamish in color, in
clusters of 3-6.
Medicinal uses: Gab is the Tinduka of Sanskrit writers;
its bark is described in the Nighantas as a good application to boils and
tumours, and the juice of the fresh bark as useful in bilious fever. The fruit
when unripe is said to be cold. light, and astringent, and when ripe
beneficial in blood diseases, gonorrhoea and leprosy.
| Photographed in Okhla Pakshi Vihar, Delhi. |
Identification credit: Rajendra Shinde
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