plaksha :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: FicusL.
Species: arnottiana

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Kapithana, परीस Parisah, प्लवंग Plavanga, प्लावक Plavaka , Kapitanah, Lapitanah, Nandi, Nandyavartah, Parisah, Plaksa, Plaksah, Plaksha.
English: Indian Rock Fig, Wild peepal , crow fig
Hindi: पिंपली Pimpli, Paras pipal, पारस पिपल Paras Pipal, Pilkhan, Palhi, Bassari
Telugu: కల్లరావి Kallaravi, కొండ రావి Konda Ravi
Marathi: कडक पाईर Kadak Payer, पायर Payar, पिपळी Pipli
Gujarathi: ખડક પાયર Khadak Payar
Tamil: கொடியரசு Kotiyarasu, Kallarasu , Kagoli, Kallaraci, Kallarasu, Ka arasu, Kagoli, Kodi arasu, Kodiyarasu, Kolikkal, Kontakai, Kontakaiyaracumaram, கொடியரசு Kotiyaracu, Tanavan, Tanavanmaram, Tevavaracu.
Malayalam: Kallarayal, കല്ലരയാല്‍ Kallarayal, Amakanniyan, Aswathom, Kallal
Kannada: Bettadaarali, ಕಲ್ಲ ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ Kalla Ashvattha , Bettadarali, Bettadarali mara, Bhodhidruva, Kaadaarasa mara, Kaadu ashwatha, Kaaduashwattha, Kadarase, Kadarasu, Kadasvattha, Kallaaswattha, Kallarase, Plaksha mara.
Sinhalese: Kaputu bo, Patan bo.

Synonyms

Synonyms in Ayurveda: plaksha, kapitana, parisha

Cultivation:

Ficus can also be grown from seed. Natural regeneration is done by seed. It grows on rocks, chiefly on dry rocks, inside shoals, sometimes grows on tress as an epiphyte wild.

Phytochemistry:

The fruit of the plant contain β- sitosterol, gluacol acetate, glucose and friedelin

Parts used for medicinal purpose

Fruit, Seed, ,

Geographical distribution:

Global Distribution:

Asia: India, Sri Lanka.

Local Distribution:

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand.

Ficus arnottiana Miq. grows wild in the forests of Dehradun district of Uttarakhand mainly on rocks.

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