Hog plum

Scientific name of Hog plum: Spondias pinnata (Linn.f.)
Name of Hogplum in different languages:
Sanskrit: Amrataka
Hindi: Jangli aam, Amra
English: Hogplum, Wild Mango, Andaman mombin, Indian hog plum, Indian mombin, Spanish plums
Malayalam: Ampazham- അമ്പഴം, Ambalam, Mambuli
Plant description:
Hog plum or Wild Mango is a deciduous or semi-evergreen trees growing up to 25 m tall. The leaves are pale green and arranged spirally, the fruits are small and like mangoes and size is 4–10 cm long, ripening yellow or orange with single-seeded fruits which is edible and used to make pickles.
Leaf Arrangement
Shape-Oval | Margin-Entire | Venation-reticulated |
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Useful plant parts:
Leaf, Bark, Fruit, Gum.
Medicinal uses of
To treat ear diseases, Anti toxic, Gonorrhea
How to prepare medicines:
The Roots, Bark, Leaves and Fruits is used for cholera, diarrhoea, earache, night fever, ringworm and stomach-ache
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