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Ficus racemosa - Udumbara

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{{stub}}[[File:Ficus racemosa 010.jpg|thumb|right|''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.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
'''Udumbara''' consists of dried bark of Ficus racemosa Linn. Syn. Ficus glomerata Roxb. (Fam. Moraceae)==Uses=={{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, a large deciduous tree distributed all over india{{Uses|Blood pressure}}, found throughout the year{{Uses|Dysentery}}, grows in evergreen forests{{Uses|Earache}}, moist localities and bank of streams to the elevation of 1800 m{{Uses|Kidney stone}}, often cultivated in villages for shade and its edible fruits.{{Uses|Scorpion bite}}<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIAUses"/> ===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.
==Common namesParts Used=={{Common namesParts Used|sa=Sadaaphala|en=Cluster Fig. Country fig|gu=UmbroBark}}, Umerdo, Umardo, Umarado{{Parts Used|hi=GularaLeaf}}, Gular|kn=Attihanninamara, Oudumbara, Athimara, Attigida|ks=Rumbal|ml=Athi|mr=Atti, Gular, Umber|pa=Kath Gular, Gular|ta=Kath Gular, Gular{{Parts Used|te=Atti, MediFruit}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Chemical Composition==
It contains Alkaloid (Arecoline), Tanninsand Fats etc.<ref name="Chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|sa=Sadaaphala|en=Cluster Fig. Country fig|gu=Umbro, Umerdo, Umardo, Umarado|hi=Gulara, Gular|kn=Attihanninamara, Oudumbara, Athimara, Attigida|ks=Rumbal|ml=Athi|mr=Atti, Gular, Umber|pa=Kath Gular, Gular|ta=Kath Gular, Gular|te=Atti, Medi}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Properties==
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
KaphapittashamakaKapha, Medohara, Mutrashagraha¸ya, Vranashodhaka, Vranaropaka, Raktastambhana. 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<ref name="Nutritional components"/>
 
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
 
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|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.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
 
===Flower===
{{Flower|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===
{{Fruit|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]]<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
 
==Where to get the saplings==
 
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
Udumbara is available Almost throughout the year.
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Deciduous forest}}, {{Commonly seen|River banks in lowlands}}, {{Commonly seen|Moist areas}}, {{Commonly seen|Beside rivers}}, {{Commonly seen|Occasionally in streams}}.
 
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Ficus racemosa.jpg|Leaves
File:Syconium ficus glomerata.JPG|Cut Syconium
File:Umbar (Marathi- उंबर) (2520246287).jpg|Fruits
File:Seeds of Ficus racemosa can be used for forest restoration.jpg|Seeds
File:Ficus racemosa fruits at Makutta (14).jpg|Syconia
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
 
<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 155.</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">Flowering Plants Kerala - Botonic description</ref><ref name="Uses">”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</ref><ref name="Chemical composition">Pharmacological potentials of Ficus racemosa by Prakash Deep, Amrit Kr. Singh1 Md. Tahir Ansari2, Prashant Raghav.</ref><ref name="Nutritional components">Forest food for Northern region of western ghat pdf by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, MACS - Agharkar Research Institute, Pune</ref><ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants">”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</ref>
</references>
==See alsoExternal Links==* [http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India] * [https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31344 Ficus racemosa on indiabiodiversity.org]
==External Links==
[http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
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