Banyan

Banyan

Scientific name Ficus benjamina 

Local Name: K., Caringin, or banyan 

General Characteristics: The tree that can reach a height of 20-25 meters has erect stems, rounded, and rough surfaces. The trunk overgrown roots hanging blackish brown. Leaves oblong-shaped sole, crossed, and face. Leaf base obtuse, flat edge, and a pointed tip. Each strand 3-6 cm long and 2-4 cm wide. Short stalk, pertulangan pinnate, green. Single flower, is located in the armpit leaves. Cylindrical flower stalk, petals funnel shape, green. Stamen and stigma smooth. Buni fruit is round, 0.5-1 cm long. Young fruit after dark green to red. Seeds rounded, hard, white color. Brown taproot. Banyan including Moraceae family.                                                                                                         

Chemical Ingredients: leaves, roots, and bark contain saponins, flavonoids, and polyphenols.

Efficacy: The fruit has a sweet taste and cool. Efficacious to keep the liver meridian, stomach, and kidneys. Cleanse toxins and sputum. Seeds have a bitter taste and are cold and toxic; efficacious for laxative urinary and eliminate pangs. Nutritious leaves cleanse the blood. Flowers have a sweet taste, cold, and slightly bitter. Coir has a sweet taste and neutral; efficacious circulation of blood circulation and nerves, as well as removing heat clandahak. Root has a sweet taste and neutral; efficacious blood circulation and relieve swelling. Rod has a bitter taste and is cold and poisonous. Stem nutritious treat heart meridian, spleen, kidney, blood circulation, and deadly worms. 

Used part Fruits and roots