Botanical name: Mangifera
indica
Family: Anacardiaceae (Cashew
family)
Common name: Mango
Hindi: Am आम
Sanskrit: Aamra
Tamil: மா Ma
Manipuri: Heinou
Telugu: Mamidi
Malayalam: Mangga
Kannada: Mavina mara
Marathi: Amba अंबा
Konkani: Ambo आंबॉ
Description:
The mango tree is erect, 30 to 100
ft high, with a broad, rounded canopy which may, with age, attain 100 to 125 ft
in width, or a more upright, oval, relatively slender crown. In deep soil, the
taproot descends to a depth of 20 ft, the profuse, wide-spreading, feeder root
system also sends down many anchor roots which penetrate for several feet. The
tree is long-lived, some specimens being known to be 300 years old and still
fruiting. Nearly evergreen, alternate leaves are borne mainly in rosettes at
the tips of the branches and numerous twigs from which they droop like ribbons
on slender petioles 1 to 4 in long. Hundreds and even as many as 3,000 to 4,000
small, yellowish or reddish flowers, 25% to 98% male, the rest hermaphroditic,
are borne in profuse, showy, erect, pyramidal, branched clusters 2 1/2 to 15
1/2 in high. There is great variation in the form, size, color and quality of
the fruits. They may be nearly round, oval, ovoid-oblong, or somewhat
kidney-shaped, often with a break at the apex, and are usually more or less
lop-sided.
Habitat
Mango is native to South Asia and
cultivated from thousand years back. It is distributed throughout world in
tropical and subtropical warm climates. Almost world's half mangoes are
cultivated in India and next is China. It is also found in Central America,
South, West and Central Africa, South Korea, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Different parts of this plant which
can be used for multiple purposes. Fruits, seeds, pulp, bark, leaves, roots and
almost any part of the plant are used for medicinal purpose.
Mango tree bark has astringent
properties which make it useful to pacify kapha and pitta disorders.
Mango tree roots can treat IBS and
Diarrhea.
Mango young leaves also show similar
effects.
Mango flowers can be used to purify
blood naturally and is also useful in gastric problems like anorexia, diarrhea,
IBS etc. It is also useful in UTI and Diabetes.
Mango leaves help normalize insulin
levels in the blood. Studies show that mangiferin exhibits potent antidiabetic,
anti hyperlipidemic properties without causing hypoglycaemia. The traditional
home remedy is to boil the mango leaves in water, and soak it overnight, and
then consume the filtered decoction in the morning or you can use the leaves
powder available in market.
An infusion prepared from the tender
leaves of mango is useful in early diabetes. Soak the leaves in water
overnight, filter and have in the morning.
Dried mango seeds (Seed Kernels) are
very effective for diarrhoea. Dry the mango seeds in the shade and powder them.
You can store it and use when required or this can be bought in stores.
Make a decoction out of one tbsp of
the pounded dry bark of the mango tree and two glasses of water. Add two tbsp
of this decoction to half a glass of water and gargle with it 2-3 times a day to
cure sore throat
A tooth powder made from burnt mango
leaves relieves toothache
Fresh tender leaf from mango and
neem tree, should be crushed and made into a coarse paste. A tsp of each taken
once a day has a cleansing action on the digestive system and helps to get rid
of toxins.
Mix dried mango flowers with an
equal amount of dried Jamun seed powder and store it. Taking a tbsp of this
every morning with hot water is good for diabetes
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