Botanical name : Ficus gibosa Blume

Family : Moraceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Plaksha,Udumbara

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Kashaya, Madhura

Guna : Guru, Rooksha

Virya : Seetha

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English :

Hindi : Pakar

Malayalam : Ithi

PLANT DESCRIPTION

A large evergreen tree with few aerial roots, leaves short petioled, having smooth upper and rough lower surface, apex shortly and bluntly apiculate, stipules lanceolate, flowers seen in clusters, hypanyhodium, fruits small globose, yellowish when ripened .

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, pitta, skin diseases, ulcers, hepatopathy, diabetes, ulcerative stomatitis leucorrhoea and gyaenacological problems.

Useful part : Bark, Leaves, Root, Fruits