Family: MoraceaeAssami: Ahant
Bengali: অশ্বত্থ asbattha
Chinese: 菩提树
Common Names: bodhi tree, holy tree, peepal, sacred fig, sacred ficus, tree-of-wisdom
French: Figuier des pagodes
Gujarati: પિપળો piplo
Hindi: पीपल pipal, pipali
Kannada: ಅರಳಿ arali, ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ ashvattha
Konkani: पिंपळ pimpal
Malayalam: arayal അരയാൽ
Marathi: पिंपळ pimpal
Oriya: ଅଶ୍ୱତ୍ଥ aswattha, jari
Russian: Фикус священный
Sanskrit: अश्वत्थ ashwattha, बोधिवृक्ष bodhivriksha, प्लक्ष plaksha
Sinhala: ඇසතු
Tamil: அரச மரம், arasa maram
Telugu: బోధి వృక్షం bodhi-vruksham, రావి raavi
Thai: โพ
Vietnamese: Đề (thực vật)
Ayurvedic uses: Prameha, Raktapitta, Vrana, Vatarakta, Yonidosha. An aqueous extract of the bark has an antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. It is used in the treatment of gonorrhoea, diarrhoea, dysentery, haemorrhoids and gastrohelcosis. A paste of the powdered bark is a good absorbent for inflammatory swellings. It is also good for burns. Leaves and tender shoots have purgative properties and are also recommended for wounds and skin diseases. Fruits are laxative and digestive.
Bark—astringent, antiseptic, alterative, laxative, haemostatic, vaginal disinfectant (used in diabetes, diarrhoea, leucorrhoea, menorrhagia, nervous disorders; also in skin diseases.) Applied externally on unhealthy ulcers and wounds. Leaves and twigs laxative.
Bark—astringent, antiseptic, alterative, laxative, haemostatic, vaginal disinfectant (used in diabetes, diarrhoea, leucorrhoea, menorrhagia, nervous disorders; also in skin diseases.) Applied externally on unhealthy ulcers and wounds. Leaves and twigs laxative.
Siddha Uses: Vellai, Viranam
In Ganesh Pooja leaves are used. Gowtham Buddha got enlightment under this tree.
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