Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Ficus virens
Scientific Name and Description
Ficus virens Aiton
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 | kahimal, kaim, keol, khabar, padara, padari, pakar, pakhar, pakri, pakur, peelakh, pilagu, pilkhan, ramanjir |
| Kannada | 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 |
| Marathi | bassari, paaeer, pakri, pipli |
| Sanskrit | parkatinj, plaksa, plaksha, suparsva |
| Tamil | 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 |
| Telugu | badijuvi, badijuvvi, banda juvvi, bundajuvi, chavvi, jadi, jati, jevi, juvi, juvvi, pasaari |
| Common names | White Fig, Katuk, commonly known as: grey fig, Java fig, Java willow, sour fig, spotted fig, strangler fig, wavy-leaved fig tree, white fig • Assamese: pakori • Bengali: পাকুড় pakar • Gujarati: પેપરી pepri • Hindi: कमण्डल kamandal, पाकड़ paakar, पाकड़िया paakariya, पर्कटी parkati, पीतन pitan, पिलखन pilkhan, प्लक्ष plaksh, प्लव plav, रामअञ्जीर ramanjir • Jaintia: dieng chiri • Kannada: ಬಸರಿಮರ basarimara, ಕರಿಬಸರಿ karibasari • Khasi: dieng sohpoklaw • Malayalam: ചെറള cherala • Manipuri: চিঙ হৈবোঙ ching heibong • Marathi: लघुपिंपरी laghupimpri, पायर payar, पाईर paiir • Nepalese: safed kabra • Oriya: jari • Punjabi: jangli pipli, palakh, pilkhan • Sanskrit: भिदुरः bhidura, दृढप्रारोहः dridapraroha, हृस्वपर्ण hrasvaparna, जाती jati, मङ्गलछायः mangalachaya, पर्कटी parkati, पीतन pitan, प्लक्षः plaksha, प्लवकः plavaka, शुङ्गिन् shungin,, यवः yavha • Tamil: சிற்றால் chirral, சுவி chuvi, இத்தி itti, கல்லால் kallal, குருக்கத்தி kurukkaththi • Telugu: జువ్వి zuvvi • Urdu: پاکڙيا paakariya, white fig, pilkhan, manbornde |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Bark
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use
Ficus virens Aiton Tree Leaves, bark Skin diseases General Sreeramulu et al. 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Sreeramulu et al. 2013
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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
Citations
Herb citations
Ficus virens. (2022, February 16). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_virens