Ficus racemosa
Ficus racemosa
Author : L.
Family : Moraceae
Habit: Medium tree
Sanskrit: Udumbarah, Sadaphalah
English: Gular fig, Country fig, Cluster fig
 
Description

A small to medium-sized tree, up to 20 m tall, with brown or whitish bark, reddish inside, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate leaves, monoecious, globose or pyriform, cauliflorous, thick, soft fig, turning purplish red when ripe and lenticular achenes.

Useful part

Bark, root, leaves, fruits, latex

Medicinal Uses

Dysentery, pectoral complaints, diabetes, mumps, wounds, urinary troubles, diabetes, hiccough, leprosy, diarrhoea, bilious affections, miscarriages, excessive thirst, visceral obstructions, as tonic, diabetic boils, vaginal disorders

Major chemical constituents

Tetracyclic triterpene-glauanol acetate, leucocyanidin-3-0-β-D-glucopyranoside, leucopelargonidin-3-0-α-L-rhamnopyranoside, ceryl behenate, lupeol, stigmasterol, a-amyrin, β-sitosterol, glycoside, glauanol, hentriacontane, glauanol acetate, tiglic acid ester of taraxasterol, glucose, lupeol acetate, friedelin, gluacol