🏯Khmer Traditional Medicine
Mango Leaf (Slek Svay)
Mangifera indica
About Mango Leaf (Slek Svay)
Mango Leaf (Slek Svay) (Mangifera indica) is a herb used in the Khmer Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Liver Support, and Fever, among 1 other condition it addresses. The leaves are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Mangifera indica, commonly known as mango, is a species of flowering plant in the sumac and poison ivy family Anacardiaceae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, where it is indigenous and cultivated varieties have been introduced to other warm regions of the world. It is a large fruit-tree, capable of a growing to a height and crown width of about 100 feet and trunk circumference of more than twelve feet.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Leaves · internal