Ficus glomerata - Udumbara - അത്തി

Botanical Name :

Ficus glomerata Roxb.

Ficus racemosa

Family : 

Moraceae

Vernacular Names :

Malayalam : Aththi - അത്തി
English : Cluster fig, Country fig, Gular fig 
Sanskrit : Udumbara, Krimiphala, Jantuphala, Sevya, Apushpa phalasambandha, 
                 Audumbaram, Brahmavriksha, Haritaksha, Hema dugdha, Sheta valkala, 
                 Yajnaphala 
Hindi : Umar, Gular

Bengali : Dumar, Jaagya dhuma, Jajna dumur

Tamil : Atti, Aththi

Gujarathi : Gudar, Umar, Umbara,Umbari

Kannada : Atti

Telugu : Bodda, Paidi, Udumbaramu, Brahma vedhi, Aththi

Marathi : Umbara 

Plant Description : 

Spreading laticiferous tree, 9.0-12.2 m tall, bark reddish grey, smooth. 

Leaves alternate, stipules ovate-Ianceolate, pubescent, 1.25-2.5 cm long, petioles 2.5-5.0 cm long, lamina simple membranous, ovate to obovate-oblong or lanceolate, 10-18 cm long, dark green, glabrous or softly pubescent above while lower surface pubescent or glabrous;.

Fruits borne in clusters on the main trunk and leafless short branches, subglobose or pyriform, 2.5-5.0 cm in diameter, red when ripe.

Chemical Composition :  

Bark : ceryl behenati gluanol-OAc, lupeol and its α-OAc, β-amyrin, β-sitosterol.

Leaf : β-amyrin, β-sitosterol, gluanol-OAc

Fruit : lupeol-OAc, gluanol-OAc, glucose, hentriacontane, β-sitosterol, a sterol, ester of taraxasterol, tiglic acid.

Rasaadhi Gunaas :

Rasa : Kashaayam, Madhuram

Guna : Guru, Rooksham

Veeryam : Sheeetham

Vipakam : Katu

Useful Parts :

Root

Bark

Leaves

Fruits

Latex 

Indications :

01. Kapha Pitha hara
02. Skin diseases

03. Diarrhea

04. Hemorrhage

05. Menorrhagia

06. Constipation

07. Hemorrhoids 

08. Urinary system diseases

09. Blood purifier

10. Reduces Urinary sugar in Diabetes

11. Visha hara

12. Kushta

13. Vrannam

14. Yonee roga

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