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Ficus racemosa - Udumbara

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UDUMBARA, Ficus racemosa

Udumbara consists of dried bark of Ficus racemosa Linn. Syn. Ficus glomerata Roxb. (Fam. Moraceae), a large deciduous tree distributed all over india, found throughout the year, grows in evergreen forests, moist localities and bank of streams to the elevation of 1800 m, often cultivated in villages for shade and its edible fruits.[1]

Uses

Piles, Diabetes, Fever, Blood pressure, Dysentery, Earache, Kidney stone, Scorpion bite[2]

Food

Ficus racemosa can be used in Food. Unripe green fruits are cooked and eaten. Mature fruits are eaten raw. Fruits are also dried, fl oured and consumed with milk.

Parts Used

Bark, Leaf, Fruit[3].

Chemical Composition

It contains Alkaloid (Arecoline), Tannins and Fats etc.[4]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Attihanninamara, Oudumbara, Athimara, Attigida
Hindi Gulara, Gular
Malayalam Athi
Tamil Kath Gular, Gular
Telugu Atti, Medi
Marathi Atti, Gular, Umber
Gujarathi Umbro, Umerdo, Umardo, Umarado
Punjabi Kath Gular, Gular
Kashmiri Rumbal
Sanskrit Sadaaphala
English Cluster Fig. Country fig

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Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Kashaya

Guna

Guru, Ruksha

Veerya

Sheeta

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kapha, Pitta

Prabhava

Nutritional components

Ficus racemosa Contains the Following nutritional components like - Hentriacontane, tiglic acid, glucose; α amyrin, gluanol- OAc, β sitosterol and ketone, stigmasterol, β amyrin, sterol, Lupeol, ester of taraxasterol[5]

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate 6-15 x 3.5-6 cm, ovate, obovate, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-ovate or oblong-ovate, apex narrowed, blunt or acute, base acute, obtuse or cuneate.

[6]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual Syconia Pale yellow 10 On short leafless branches or warty tubercles of trunk or on larger branches, subglobose to pyriform, smooth, often lenticellate-verrucose. Flowering throughout the year

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Syconium 2.5 x 2 cm Orange, pink or dark crimson; achene granulate Fruiting throughout the year

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Abhayalepa, Ushiraasava, Nal Paamaraadi Taila, Shamani, Surodhini[3]

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Udumbara is available Almost throughout the year.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Deciduous forest, River banks in lowlands, Moist areas, Beside rivers, Occasionally in streams.

Photo Gallery

  • Leaves

  • Cut Syconium

  • Fruits

  • Seeds

  • Syconia

References

  1. ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 155.
  2. ↑ ”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.71, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 ”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.55 and 65, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru
  4. ↑ Pharmacological potentials of Ficus racemosa by Prakash Deep, Amrit Kr. Singh1 Md. Tahir Ansari2, Prashant Raghav.
  5. ↑ Forest food for Northern region of western ghat pdf by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, MACS - Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
  6. ↑ Flowering Plants Kerala - Botonic description

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