Custard apple- medicinal value

Medicinal value

The seeds, leaves and young fruits are insecticidal. The leaf juice kills lice. The leaf decoction is given as a vermifuge. Crushed leaves or a paste of the flesh may be used as a poultice on boils, abscesses and ulcers. The unripe fruit is rich in tannin, dried, pulverised and employed against diarrhoea. The bark is astringent and the decoction is taken as a remedy for diarrhoea and dysentery.