Ayurvedic Nandi vrksha (var), Choraka-patra (var.).
Folk Gadgubar (Assam).
Action Leaves and bark—used in skin diseases. The tree is one of the recorded hosts of the Indian lac insect.
Ficus arnottiana Miq.

Unani Sakbeenaj, Sakbelth.

Family Moraceae.

264 Ficus asperrima Roxb.

Habitat Cultivated in Rajsthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Western Peninsula.
Ayurvedic Nandi Vriksha, Prarohi, Gajapaadapa, Paarasa Pipala.
Siddha/TamH Kagoti.
Action Leaves—a moderate sterilizer, given to women after menses. Leaves and bark—used in skin diseases.
Dosage Bark—50—lOO ml decoction. (CCRAS.)

Ficus asperrima Roxb.

Family Moraceae.

Habitat Madhya Pradesh and Western Peninsula.
Ayurvedic Kharapatra (nonclassical).

Siddha/Tamil Kal-arasu.

Folk Kaala-umar.

Action Juice of bark—given for enlargement of liver and spleen.

Ficus benghalensis Linn.

Family Moraceae.

Habitat Sub-Himalayan tract and Peninsular India. Planted along roadsides, and in gardens.
English Banyan tree.
Ayurvedic Vata, Nyagrodha, Bahupaada, Dhruv.
Unani Bargad, Daraltht-e-Reesh.

Action Infusion of bark—used in diabetes, dysentery, and in seminal weakness, leucorrhoea, menorrhagia, nervous disorders, erysipelas, burning sensation. Milky juice and seeds—applied topically to sores, ulcers, cracked soles of the feet, rheumatic inflammations. Buds—a decoction in milk is given in haemorrhages. Aerial roots— antiemetic, topically applied to pimples. Leaves—a paste is applied externally to abscesses and wounds for promoting suppuration.

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