What is "Sakkarai palam" (called in English)? (Anyone from Tamil Nadu must have heard about it).
Are there any references to the fruit in ayurveda?
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Sign up to join this communityWhat is "Sakkarai palam" (called in English)? (Anyone from Tamil Nadu must have heard about it).
Are there any references to the fruit in ayurveda?
Sakkarai Palam
Binomial Name : Grewia hirsute
Family : [Tiliaceae]
May Be something like this,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntingia
Muntingia calabura is a shrub or tree up to 12 m tall with spreading branches. The leaves are alternate, distichous, oblong or lanceolate, 4–15 cm long and 1–6 cm wide, with toothed margin and covered in short hairs. The flowers are small (up to 3cm wide), solitary or in inflorescences of 2-3 flowers; with 5 lanceolate sepals, hairy; 5 obovate white petals; many stamens with yellow anthers and a smooth ovoid ovary.Fruit, an edible berry, red at maturity, about 1.5 cm wide.