Herbs for: Nutrition

Madan (Syzygium cumini): Jambul, the Fruit With 125 Years of Diabetes Research (Syzygium cumini) - Sri Lankan medicinal plant
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Madan (Syzygium cumini): Jambul, the Fruit With 125 Years of Diabetes Research

(Syzygium cumini)

Madan (Syzygium cumini) stains your tongue purple and your fingers with history. Before insulin exis

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Masan (Ziziphus mauritiana): Indian Jujube, the Childhood Fruit (Ziziphus mauritiana) - Sri Lankan medicinal plant
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Masan (Ziziphus mauritiana): Indian Jujube, the Childhood Fruit

(Ziziphus mauritiana)

Masan (Ziziphus mauritiana) is a fruit most Sri Lankans meet as children, scrumped from a thorny tre

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Thibbotu (Solanum torvum): Turkey Berry, Food First (Solanum torvum) - Sri Lankan medicinal plant
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Thibbotu (Solanum torvum): Turkey Berry, Food First

(Solanum torvum)

Thibbotu (Solanum torvum) turns up on Sri Lankan tables as a slightly bitter curry of small green be

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Murunga (Moringa oleifera): What the Drumstick Tree Really Delivers (Moringa oleifera) - Sri Lankan medicinal plant
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Murunga (Moringa oleifera): What the Drumstick Tree Really Delivers

(Moringa oleifera)

Murunga (Moringa oleifera) grows in the corner of countless Sri Lankan gardens, dropping long ribbed

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Mukunuwenna (Alternanthera sessilis): Sri Lanka's Everyday Leafy Green (Alternanthera sessilis) - Sri Lankan medicinal plant
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Mukunuwenna (Alternanthera sessilis): Sri Lanka's Everyday Leafy Green

(Alternanthera sessilis)

Mukunuwenna (Alternanthera sessilis) is the most unassuming plant on this site and one of the most u

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