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ARATILES Muntingia Calabura is the one of herbal medicine of the stomach ache...

Here are its benefits to your health:

Not only is its fruit has a nice taste, but it has tetapin which can also be processed into syrups, jams, and juices. This fruit, by consuming as many as 9 points each 3 times a day, is believed to treat GOUT.

The aratiles leaves also are beneficial as an antiseptic. Compounds contain tannins, flavonoids, saponins capable of killing a variety of bacteria. Moreover its leaves when boiled to make a tea, can also be used as an anti-inflammatory agent.

Aratiles leaf flavonoid compounds are found to inhibit the growth of cancer cells in vitro. Aratiles leaves can be presented in the form of tea, that is by leaving it to dry and then brew with hot water.

So many benefits to the Aratiles fruit that it's considered a shame if people just let it fall useless. With proper treatment, this fruit is able to meet the body's nutritional needs and prevent disease

Muntingia calabura, the sole species in the genus Muntingia, is a flowering plant native to southern Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and western South America south to Peru and Bolivia.[1] Common names include (English) Jamaican cherry, Panama berry, Singapore cherry, Bajelly tree, Strawberry tree; (Spanish) bolaina, yamanaza, cacaniqua, capulín blanco, nigua, niguito, memizo or memiso; (Indonesia) kersen, talok; (Vietnamese) (cây) Trứng cá; and (Filipino) aratilis,and sarisa.

leaves and fruits
It is a small tree 7–12 metres tall with tiered and slightly drooping branches. It has serrated leaves 2.5–15 cm long and 1–6.5 cm wide. The flowers are small, white and slightly malodorous. It gives rise to 1–1.5 cm light red fruit. The fruit is edible, sweet and juicy, and contains a large number of tiny (0.5 mm) yellow seeds.
In Mexico, the fruits are eaten and sold in markets. The

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