Photos taken on 5.12.2010 . Location: Sayyaji Rao Road Mysore . On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:38 AM, M Swamy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > - *Botanical Name : *Ficus Racemosa > - *Family Name : *Moraceae > - *Common Name : *Cluster Fig, Indian Fig, Crattock, Rumbodo, Atteeka, > Redwood Fig > - *Part Used : *Bark, Root, Latex, Fruits > - *Habitat : *It is cultivated all over india and also grows wild in > many forests and hill areas. > > *Uses : *1. Unripened fruits used as vegetable in Southern India. Infact > these are sold in the market. > 2. According to Ayurveda, roots are useful in hydrophobia > whereas bark is acrid, cooling, galactagogue and good for gynaecological > disorders. Fruits are astringent to bowels, styptic, tonic and useful in the > treatment of leucorrhoea, blood disorders, burning sensation, fatigue, > urinary discharges, leprosy, menorrhagia, epistaxis and intestinal worms. > According to Unani system of medicine, leaves are astringent to bowels and > good in case of bronchitis whereas fruits are useful in treatment of dry > cough, loss of voice, diseases of kidney and spleen. Bark is useful in > Asthma and piles. Latex is applied externally on chronic infected wounds to > alleviate edema, pain and to promote the healing. The tender leaf buds are > applied on the skin, in the form of paste, to improve the complexion. >
