Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Ficus infectoria
Scientific Name and Description
Ficus infectoria Willd.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Ficus infectoria SENSU ROXB.
Ficus lacor BUCH.- HAM. var. infectoria
Ficus lacor BUCH.- HAM. var. infectoria
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Peepal, kahimal, kaim, keol, khabar, padara, padari, pakar, pakhar, pakri, pakur, peelakh, pilagu, pilkhan, ramanjir |
| Marathi | Pipal, bassari, paaeer, pakri, pipli |
| Bengali | Bodhi Vriksha |
| Gujarati | Piplo |
| Telugu | Bodhi, Ravi, badijuvi, badijuvvi, banda juvvi, bundajuvi, chavvi, jadi, jati, jevi, juvi, juvvi, pasaari |
| Tamil: | Arasu, cuvi , icci, ichhi, irali , irantiri#, irantiri, irattiri , ittiyal, javi, jovi, kallal, kallala , kallalam , kallalamaram , kallalan , kallicci , kallitti , karttapavantam, kurugatti, kurugu, malai-ichchi, malaiichi, nakaiyal , pacarai, pepre, suvi, varaiyal, varaiyalmuram |
| Kannada | Jari Mara, basari, basarigoli, basarimara, basarugoli, basirigoli, basri, basrigoli, bassari, haribasri, jivi, juvikari, juvvi, juvvimara, kabbasari, karibasari, karibasri, karibasuri, katpipri, plaksha, ulabasari |
| Malayalam | bakri, cakila, cakkila, chakkila, chela, cherala, chuvannal, cuvannaal, cuvannal, isjakela, itti, jati, kalal, tsjakela |
| Sanskrit | parkatinj, plaksa, plaksha, suparsva |
| Common names | banyan fig, peepal tree, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Ficus infectoria Willd. Tree Fruit Edible General Puravankara and Gopal 2012
References
Literature
Literature
Puravankara and Gopal 2012
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 2 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH