What Are the Benefits of Rose Apple Fruit?

Rose apple fruit, also known as jambul, has numerous health benefits. It is a particularly good fruit for diabetics to eat but has other uses and benefits as well.

Benefits

• Rose apple fruit can help with diabetes, piles, diarrhea, sterility in females, dysentery and liver problems. The fruit can be prepared to help with these health issues by eating it, using the powder from the seeds, eating the leaves or drying the bark.

Diabetics

• Rose apple fruit affects the pancreas in diabetics and acts as a block against the conversion of starch into sugar. The seeds have a glucose in them called jamboline that can be dried and turned into a powder; this powder can be added to water three to four times a day to help reduce sugar in the urine.

Use

• The seeds, leaves and bark of rose apple fruit can be dried and turned into a powder to be taken two to three times a day to stop diarrhea. The leaves can be taken in buttermilk or honey to help with sterility.

Types

• There are two types of rose apple fruits: the large oval-shaped fruit is also called suva-jamun; a small round fruit is also called kutta-jamun. Although the larger fruit is sweeter, both provide the same health benefits.

Warning

• Although all of the rose apple fruit can be eaten, including parts of the tree itself, it should not be taken excessively. It can cause a cough and phylum in the lungs and soreness to the throat and chest.