Abstract

Manuvarthi Sushma*, Atluri Bhavana and K. Padmalatha

ABSTRACT

In the last few decades there has been an exponential growth in the field of herbal medicine. Herbal medicines have been the basis of treatment and cure for various diseases and physiological conditions in traditional methods of practice such as Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha. Medicinal components from plants play an important role in conventional as well as western medicine. They were the sole source of active principles capable of curing man?s ailments. Thus natural products have been a major source of drugs for centuries. Syzygium aqueum, commonly called „water apple? belonging to the family Myrtaceae is a tropical, evergreen and low growing small tree. Syzygium aqueum, consisting of various fruit colors, is one of the plants that have been used as traditional medicine. The present review is an attempt to highlight the various ethanobotanical and traditional uses as well as phytochemical and pharmacological reports on Syzygium aqueum.