Ficus BENGHALENSIS L.
| Synonym : | Ficus banyana Oken Ficus cotoneifolia Vahl Ficus procera Salisb. Urostigma benghalense (L.) Gasp. |
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| Bangla Name : | Bot, Krishna Bot. ,Ramthet, Gonok (Garo), Bot Gaith (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | Banyan Tree. |
| Family : | Moraceae |
| Disease : | Aphrodisiac, tonic, vulnerary, maturant, toothache, dysentery, diarrhoea, piles, diabetes, pains, lumbago, biliousness, styptic and aphrodisiac. |
| Description : | A large spreading, evergreen or semi-deciduous tree of low stature (trunk), sending down many aerial roots from the branches. All parts contain white latex. Leaves coriaceous, 10-20 cm long, ovate or elliptic, entire. Receptacles about 2 cm diam., sessile, in pairs, axillary, globose, puberulous, red when ripe. |
| Distribution : | Throghout Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark and young buds contain milky latex, tannins and wax. Bark also contains a hypoglycaemic glucoside, half as potent as tolbutamide, bengalenoside, methyl ether of leucoanthocyanidin, three leucoanthocyanins, delphinidin-3-O-?-L-rhamnoside (I), pelargon |
| Uses : | Latex of the plant is aphrodisiac, tonic, vulnerary and maturant, used in toothache, dysentery, diarrhoea, piles and diabetes, applied externally to cracked or inflamed soles, to alleviate rheumatic pains and lumbago. It lessens inflammations. An infusion |
| Habit : | Tree |