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Crude drug name

Market nameAttikka
Formal nameUdumbara
Other names   

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Gularchhal (T), Jagyadumur (B), Gular (H), Attigida (K), Atti (M), Atti (Te), Atti (Ta), Attikka (Sin)
English nameGular Fig, Cluster Fig, Country Fig
Original plant nameFicus glomerata Roxb. (= Ficus racemosa Linn.), Gular Fig, Cluster Fig, Country Fig
Family nameMoraceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification bark
Collection informationDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Ayurveda Cooperation
Collection date1983/02/
TMPW No.1528

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Collection information
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,Colombo
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Scientific information data base

Crude drug nameAyurvedic name or
Sanskrit name, English name
Udumbara (Bark), Gular Fig, Cluster Fig, Country Fig
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Original plant nameFicus glomerata Roxb. (= Ficus racemosa Linn.)
Family nameMoraceae
Used partBark, Fruits
Distribution areaThroughout India, also planted as roadside shade trees.
RemarksCommon.
Common usesBark is astringent. It is used in ulcers, skin diseases, poisons, vaginal diseases, menorrhagia, leucorrhagia, haemorrhage/hemorrhage, burning sensation and thirst. Decoction of bark is given for wounds. It is given to cattle in rinder pest.
Chemical constituentTriterpenoids
From latex:
Lupeol acetate (*C1)

Sterols
From latex:
Sitosterol (*C1)

Phenol derivatives
Bergenin I (*C1)

Pharmacological effectAn alcoholic extract of the bark is found to be very effective in alloxan diabetic albino rats.
Medical systemAyurveda (Traditional Indian medicine)
ReferencesReference book 

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[2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras)
Vol. 3 (Repr.1996), p 34.

Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants, 1956. Chopra, R.N., Nayar, S.L. and Chopra, I.C., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. - New Edition (1996) National Institute Science Communication; Supplement
p 119.

Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
p 487.

The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part I, Vol I, Ed. I, 1989. Govt. of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Dept. of Health, New Delhi
pp 117-118.

Research paper*C1 Hai, M. A., Sutradhar, R. K. and Ahmad, M. U.; J. Bangladesh Chem. Soc., 4, 247-50 (1991).
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