🔥 Ficus hispida

by Sarah on January 16, 2023 in Moraceae

Traditional Herbs from Ficus hispida

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Just enough luwingan bark.
Boil the ingredients until boiling.
Drink 40\u201350 ml concoction per day.

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Prepare enough luwingan fruit.
Wash clean with running water.
Crush the fruit until it becomes a paste and apply it to the lump.

What is Ficus hispida Looks like??

Parts of Ficus hispida that could be used

Leaves
Bark
Fruit
Latex
Roots

Ficus hispida Distribution

This Luwingan is well distributed in tropical areas of Asia (China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia), New Guinea and Australia. This plant is used in various countries as food and traditional medicine. In India, luwingan is used as an antidiarrheal and hepatoprotective agent.
Agroecology of Ficus hispida
This plant is often found in open areas. Likes places exposed to direct sunlight, river banks and secondary forests. Grows in areas at altitudes up to 1,200 m above sea level.
Morphology of Ficus hispida

Smooth bark, brown to gray in color, gummy, heavily branched.
Thin leaves, pointed leaf tips, flat leaf base, serrated leaf edges, rough hairy leaf surface, brown.
Sessile flowers\ /stipitate, compound, dioecious.
Fruit round, in clusters (10-20 fruit bunches).
Small seeds, flat-oval shape, numerous, when young they are green and when ripe they are colored brownish yellow.

Cultivation of Ficus hispida

Propagation of this plant can be done generatively (seeds) or vegetatively (grafting and shoot cuttings).
Shoot cuttings come from lateral branches, 4-12 cm long.

Ficus hispida, more details :

Chemical Content of Ficus hispida
Alkaloids, terpenoids, tannins, phenols, saponins, anthraquinones, glycosides, sterols, amino acids and flavonoids.
Benefits of Ficus hispida
Medicine for fever, boils, aprosiasis, lymphadenitis (lymph node lumps), hemorrhoids, jaundice, vertigo, diabetes, seizures, dysentery and laxative, hepatoprotective, antineoplastic, cardioprotective, neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory.
Simplisia of Ficus hispida

Prepare the luwingan fruit, wash thoroughly with running water.
Slice the luwingan fruit and dry in the sun until completely dry or until the water content is less than 10%.
Grind it into powder.
Store in clean, airtight container.

Another Facts for Ficus hispida :

Synonym of Ficus hispida
Covellia assamica Miq., Covellia courtallensis Miq., Covellia daemonum (J.Koenig ex Vahl) Miq.
Habitus of Ficus hispida
Tree. Annual tree, reaching 15 m high
Habitat of Ficus hispida