Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary

266 Ficus cunia Buch.-Ham.
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Folk ◮ Gajanaa, Ashtaa, Paakar.
Action ◮ Fruit juice and latex—
antiasthmatic and vermifuge.
Ficus cunia Buch.-Ham.
Synonym ◮ F. semicordata Buch.-
Ham. ex Sm.
F. conglomerata Roxb.
Family ◮ Moraceae.
Habitat ◮ Sub-Himalayan tract from
Chenab eastward to Bhutan and in
Assam, Bengal and Orissa.
English ◮ Indian Fig.
Ayurvedic ◮ Malayu, Chorakapatra,
Laakshaa-vrksha, Laghuudumbara.
Siddha ◮ Taragadu (Tamil).
Action ◮ See F. carica. Fruits—
spasmolytic; used in aphthous
complaints. Root—used for
bladder and visceral troubles.
Bark-decoction—used for washing
ulcers; juice and powdered bark—
applied to wounds and bruises.
Syconium—used for ulcers of
mucous membrane. Syconium and
bark—antileprotic.
The tree is one of the recorded hosts
of the Indian lac insect.
Ficus dalhousiae Miq.
Family ◮ Moraceae.
Habitat ◮ Tamil Nadu.
Ayurvedic ◮
synonym).
Soma-valka (doubtful
Siddha/Tamil ◮ Kal Aal, Pei Aal.
Action ◮ Fruit—cardiotonic. Leaves
and bark—used in affections of the
liver and skin diseases.
Ficus heterophylla Linn. f.
Family ◮ Moraceae.
Habitat ◮ Throughout the warmer
parts of India.
Ayurvedic ◮ Traayanti, Traayamaanaa.
Siddha/Tamil ◮ Kodi Athi.
Folk ◮ Daantiraa (Rajasthan).
Action ◮ Fruits—used for constipation
during fevers. Leaf-juice—
antidysenteric. Root bark—mixed
with water, given internally in
coryza, asthma and bronchial
diseases. Root—antispasmodic.
Ficus hispida Linn. f.
Synonym ◮ F. daemona Koen. ex
Vahl.
F. oppositifolia Roxb.
Family ◮ Moraceae.
Habitat ◮ Outer Himalaya from
Chenab eastwards to West Bengal
Assam, Central and South India
and the Andaman Islands.
Ayurvedic ◮ Kaakodumbara,
Kaashtodumbara, Phalgu, Malayu,
Malapu.
Unani ◮ Anjir Dashti.
Siddha/Tamil ◮ Peyatti, Chona Atthi.
Action ◮ Syconium—galactagogue.
Bark and seed—purgative, emetic.