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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Ficus exasperata |
| Family name: |
MORACEAE
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| English name: |
Brahma's Banyan
Forest Sandpaper Fig
Rough Banyan
Sand Paper Fig
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| Sinhala name: |
Sevan mediya (සෙවන් මැඩිය)
Buthediya (බූතෙදිය)
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| Tamil name: |
Maramthinniatti
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| Sanskrit name: |
Karapatra
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| Conservation status: |
LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Small to medium- sized tree, -25 m high. Leaves laxly spiral to opposite or subdistichous. Lamina 6- 19 X 3-9 cm, narrowly to acuminate, the tip -15 mm long, base cuneate, more or less symmetric, denticulate or sinuate- crenate to serrate. Figs axillary, mostly solitary, harshly scabrid, ripening yellow. Seeds 1.2- 1.4 X 0.8- 0.9 mm, shortly oblong, slightly keeled, distinctly reticulate.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Haemorrhoids
Debility
Malnutrition
Venereal Diseases
Nasopharyngeal Diseases
Arthritis
Rheumatism
Diarrhoea
Dysentery
Oedema
Gout
Leprosy
Kidney Diseases
Skin Diseases
Mucosal Diseases
Stomach Ailments
Cutaneous , Subcutaneous Parasitic Infections
Eye diseases
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Barks
Roots
Leaves
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Abortifacient
Diuretic
Vermifuge
Febrifuge
Healing Effect
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