As Food: Fruits eaten fresh or cooked; young leaves and flowers eaten cooked; fermented sap is drunk.
As Medicine: Helps with treating lice, tooth plaque, gum disease; used in toothpaste.
Cooking Without Prior Boiling: N/A
Boiling Before Cooking: N/A
Pickling: N/A
Brining: N/A
Fermenting: Yes (sap)
Drying for later Consumption: N/A
Overall Method: Fruits eaten fresh, cooked, as a dessert or as a drink; young leaves and flowers cooked as an appetizer; sap from branches and roots is fermented to make a drink.
Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits
Nutritional Benefit: Contain calcium, phosphorus and vitamin C.
Tribal Wisdom: Helps with treating lice, tooth plaque, gum disease; used in toothpastes.
Recipes / Usage
Tribal Recipe / Usage: Chutney:
Gather 10-12 neem leaves, 4 tsp jaggery powder, 4-5 kokum, ½ tsp jeera, and salt. Wash and drain the neem leaves. Blend kokum, neem leaves, jeera, salt, and jaggery with water to make a paste. Heat 1 tsp coconut oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, and dry red chili for tempering.
