Botanical name : Morus alba Linn.
Family : Moraceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Toota, Brahmataru, Tooda
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Madhura, Amla, Kashaya
Guna : Guru
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Mulberry
Hindi : Toot
Malayalam : Mulberry, Pattunoolpuzhuchedi
Distribution – Cultivated throughout India for sericulture.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A large shrub or small tree grows up to 4 meters in height. Leaf simple, alternate, ovate or variable in size, serrate, acute; flowers greenish, unisexual, male catkins ovaid, and female cylindrical; fruits cylindrical syncarp of many drupes, dark purple when ripe.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, pitta, fever, stomatitis, intestinal worms, burning sensation and constipation. Ripe fruits have aphrodisiac property.
Useful part : Root, Leaves, Fruits
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