Sabar Kand / सांबारकंद / Sabar

Other Names

Status & Habitat

Habitat: Shrub
Occurrence: Sandy or rocky soils, along roadsides, in wastelands, and in coastal areas
Season of Availability: Year-round
Geography: South Asia
Method of Propagation: Vegetative propagation
Part used for Propagation: Stem cuttings

Raw: No
Ripe: N/A
Both Raw & Ripe: N/A
Dangerous Form to Consume: Raw plant
As Food: N/A
As Medicine: Whole plant juice is drunk to help with fever, ulcer, and anemia; leaf juice helps reduce earache, arthritis and skin wart; latex juice can also be drunk.
Cooking Without Prior Boiling: Yes
Boiling Before Cooking: N/A
Pickling: N/A
Brining: N/A
Fermenting: N/A
Drying for later Consumption: N/A
Overall Method: Parts of the plant are usually juiced and then drunk for its medicinal properties.

Nutritional Benefit: Rich in carbohydrates and phosphates.
Medicinal Benefit: Spleen and Liver ailments, Expectorant, blisters and warts, helps reduce earaches and Arthritis aches

Tribal Wisdom: Used in ayurvedic medicine to treat disorders of the spleen and liver; therapy of weight loss and anemia; treatment of blisters and burns.

Tribal Recipe / Usage: Treating cracks in foot soles: boil latex with castor oil, along with salt, and apply to cracks.