Witnessed by: Ayurveda

Ghont (Ziziphus xylopyra), of the Rhamnaceae family. Thorny straggling shrub or small tree of the dry forest, with paired hooked spines and broad leaves whitish beneath; native range: the dry deciduous forest and scrub of India, on poor and stony ground through the peninsula and the central plains. Globally recognized as ghoṇṭā in Sanskrit, ghont, ghatbor in Hindi, ghoti in Marathi, and wild jujube in English. The part used is bark, fruit. A hard, woody, globular fruit that does not soften, the shell brittle and the pulp scant and dry; the bark strongly astringent and puckering on the tongue.

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