A bushy tree that stands at about 6 meters in height, it can be distinguished by its broad, oblong leaves and its heart-shaped green fruit which has thorns on its outer skin. It is often said to resemble a custard apple as it creamy pulp fruit inside with blackish brown seeds. Also, many say that it tastes like a combination of pineapple and strawberry. Apart from the fruit, the tree itself – its leaves, stem, flowers, etc. have amazing natural compounds and medicinal benefits to cure many diseases. In fact, people claim it helps kill cancerous cells better than chemotherapy and has no side effects.
Adding to this, here are some significant benefits of Lakshman phal, the miracle fruit:
The Lakshman phal leaves are known to help in killing at least 12 types of cancer cell. It helps to prevent colon, breast, prostate, lung and even pancreatic cancer. Unlike a chemotherapy session where a patient suffers nausea, hair loss and weight loss, eating Lakshman phal kills cancer cells in the body without any of these side effects. Unlike allopathy, it slows down cancer growth in the body.