Indian Hawthorn berry

Very little known berry found in Maharashtra. The Indian hawthorn berry, is a tree found in the jungles, forest of eastern Maharashtra. Its berries are black when ripe. A thick white milk flows out of the berry as it is plucked from the plant. Its sold by the locales. Its known as the kaali maina in maharashtra.

Take a ride on the Tamni ghat and you can see umpteen people selling these berries. It looks black, looks also dèep blue and so the blue berry name , I suppose. Not much, infact near nothing is found on the net on these berries in India.

You can buy these from the locales along the highway. Or take yoir pick, you can just pluck them from the plants which are dotted all along the high way of the Tamni ghat. 

Its medicinal properties are cited as best for heart, cardio vascular, blood pressure etc.