FREE: Governor's Plum (Flacourtia indica)

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Health Benefits of Flacourtia
Governor’s plums with their dark purple skin are loaded with nutrients like antioxidants and polyphenols. Numerous studies of fruits with purple/dark skin (such as grapes, blueberries and specifically flacourtia) indicate that these nutrients are known to:
--Prevent aging
--Improve skin conditions
--Prevent heart disease
--Reduce risk of cancers.
--Act as an antidiabetic
--Treat malaria

The vitamin C in flacourtia offers the following nutritional benefits:
--Strengthens the immune system
--Prevents cardiovascular diseases
--Fights eye diseases
--Wards off strokes
--Improves eye health

Fruitipedia lists other governor’s plum health benefits such as
--The juice treating jaundice and enlarged spleens

The leaves offer the following medicinal benefits, according to The World Agroforestry Centre:
--Remedies gynecological problems
--Alleviates asthma
--Fights pneumonia
--Is an antihelminthic (ie, worm killer)
--Treats intestinal worms and hydrocele
--The bark is infused and gargled to remedy hoarseness
--The ash and roots treat kidney issues, snakebites, arthritis.
--Fruitipedia.com lists flacourtia’s additional root and leaves as remedies for diarrhea, and as a pain reliever.

5 seeds