Common Plum
BOTANICAL NAME:
FAMILY:
SYNONYM(S):
- Prunus bokaniensis
- Prunus insititia
URDU NAME:
REGIONAL NAME:
- Bengali: Alubukhara
- Persian: Kishniz
- Hindi: Alubukhara
- Pashto: Aloobukhana
- Sanskrit: Bhalluka
- Arabic: Ajjas
UNANI/TIBBI NAME:
ENGLISH NAME:
HABITAT:
- Commonly cultivated in the Northern Areas, Punjab and Baluchistan
DESCRIPTION:
- A small sized tree, young shoots pubescent.
- Ovate or ovate-lanceolate, serrate leaves.
- Clusters of aromatics flowers.
- Fruit globose or oblong, golden yellow to red to dark purple in colour.
PART USED:
TASTE:
TEMPERAMENT:
PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE:
- The tree bear fruit when 3-4 year old
PROCEDURE & TIME OF COLLECTION:
Fruit is ready for harvesting from July and august. Fruit are picked while still firm but mature enough to have developed a good colour
CONSTITUENTS:
- Protein
- Fat
- Fiber
- Sugar
- Carotene
- Nicotinic acid
- Ascorbic acid
- Carbohydrate
- Calcium
- Phosphorous
- Iron
- Potassium
- Copper
SUBSTITUTES:
- Tmmar Hindi/Tamarind (Tamarindus Indica)
ACTIONS AND USES IN UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE:
Pharmacological action:
- Laxative
- Refrigerant
- Demulscent
- Digestive
- Aperients
Therapeutic uses:
- In biliousness
- Fever
- Enlarged liver
- Gonorrhea
- pile
DOSES:
CORRECTIVES:
- Unnab/jujube (zizyphus vulgare)
- Mastagi/mastic (pistacia lentiscus )
IMPORTANT UNANI FORMULATIONS:
- Sharbat Alu bukhara
- Sharbat mulayyan
ASTROLOGY:
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