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  • वैश्रवणः
  • वंशरॊचना
  • वंशिकम्
  • वशिरः
  • वृषः
  • वृष्यगन्धिका
  • वृष्या
  • वृषा
  • वसुः
  • वस्त्ररञ्जकम्
  • वस्त्ररञ्जिनी
  • वसा
  • वसिरः
  • वह्निज्वाला
  • वह्निवक्त्रा

    • Name - वटः

    Botanical name - Ficus benghalensis

    Description - Ficus benghalensis is a very large tree, sending down many arial roots from the branches and young parts softly pubescent. Greenish white bark, Leaves-simple, alternate, often clusters at ends of branches and stipulate. Receptacles about 3/4 in diam., sessile and in pairs, axillary, globose, becomes red when ripe with three broad rounded nearly glabrous coriaceous basal bracts- Figs in axillary pairs, sessile, silky-pubescent, globose, red when ripe

    Chemical Constituents- Stem bark contains leucoanthocyanins. Heart- wood contains taraxasterol tiglate. Leaves contain quercetin-3-galactoside, rutin, friedelin and Beta-sitosterol . Ripe figs contain glycoside.

    Use - It is astringent in action. In diseases like head ache, eye strain, nasal bleeding, mouth ulcer, stomatitis, gingivitis, sore throat, gastritis, diabetes, cancerous ulcers, duodinitis, dysuria, piles -Latex used in rheumatism and lumbago. Infusion of bark considered tonic, astringent, used in diarrhoea, dysentery and diabetes. Leaves tonic and cooling