🌺Thai Traditional Medicine
Ficus (Duea)
Ficus racemosa
About Ficus (Duea)
Ficus (Duea) (Ficus racemosa) is a herb used in the Thai Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Diabetes, Digestive Issues, and Skin Health. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Ficus racemosa (syn. Ficus glomerata Roxb.) is a species of plant in the family Moraceae. Popularly known as the cluster fig tree, Indian fig tree or goolar (gular) fig, this is native to Australia, Malaysia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. It is unusual in that its figs grow on or close to the tree trunk, termed cauliflory. In India, the tree and its fruit are called gular in the north and atti in the south....
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both