FICUS RACEMOSA

Common name: Cluster fig • Hindi: गूलर Goolar • Manipuri:  হৈবোঙ Heibong • Telugu: Paidi •Sanskrit: उडुम्बर Udumbara • Marathi: Umber • Malayalam: Atti • Tamil: அத்தி Atti • Kannada: Rumadi • Oriya: Dimri

Botanical name:   Ficus racemosa      Family: Moraceae (Mulberry family)

Synonyms: Ficus glomerata, Ficus lucescens, Ficus racemosa var. elongate. Goolar is an attractive fig tree witha crooked trumk and a spreading crown. Unli

Geographical contribution

It occurs throughout India but more abundant in river bank’s and moist localities.

Chemical distribution

Bark contains tannin.

Therapeutic uses

Bark is analgesic, astringent, carminative, diuretic, stimulant, suppurative and

tonic. It is also useful in bilious affections, diabetes, dropsy, dysentery, diarrhoea,

menorrhagia, haemoptysis, seminile decay and small pox. Figs are astringent, stomachic

and carminative.

Folk medicinal uses

The dried fig is given in doses of 180 gm. with honey menorrhagia, haemoptysis

and dysentery. A powder of the leaves is given with honey to check bilious disorder.

The latex is given in piles and diarrhoea in doses of two to three drops. It is used

with Haldi and sugar in gonorrhoea.

Preparations

Udumbarsar

Flowers and Fruits : April-July