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Description:
The tree has an irregular, branched shape; it grows up to 10m. The bark is smooth and grey on young trees, later it gets darker and veined. The leaves are oblong, skin-like and oval, dark-green on the top side and white-silver on the lower side. The fruit is a one seed drupe of oval shape, initially green, and later almost black.
Uses:
It is used in both culinary and medicine: for treatment of heart diseases, in skin care, wound healing, burns, herpes, arthritis, hepatitis, diabetes, urinary tract inflammations, flu, tuberculosis, constipation. Active ingredient: unsaturated fat acids (oleic, linoleic and palmitic oleic acid), saturated fat acids (palmitic, stearic, myristic, heptadecanoic, arachidic), vitamins A, D, C, E, K, polyphenols, lecithin, chlorophyll and carotenoids, myristicin, squalene, xanthophyll.
