As Medicine: Seeds are taken with ghee or honey to treat fever or diarrhea; crushed bark is taken with dried ginger to treat piles; dried flowers taken with water to treat tiredness caused by fever and diarrhea.
Cooking Without Prior Boiling: Yes
Boiling Before Cooking: No
Pickling: N/A
Brining: N/A
Fermenting: N/A
Drying for later Consumption: Yes, Flowers
Overall Method: Seed and bark powder can be eaten; flowers are dried then consumed.
Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits
Nutritional Benefit: Anti-bacterial and antioxidant properties.
Tribal Wisdom: Plant's bark is used for gastric problems and for skin diseases; seed powder and herb can help with piles and diarrhea.
Recipes / Usage
Tribal Recipe / Usage: Dried flower soup:
- Flowers are dried under the sun
- Fry with ghee/oil, salt and water
- Add water and pepper, cook for 5 mins
