Witnessed by: Ayurveda
Java fig (Ficus lacor), of the Moraceae family. Large spreading evergreen fig tree with drooping pinkish young leaves and aerial rootlets; native range: the Indian subcontinent and South-East Asia, common along riverbanks and temple grounds. Globally recognized as plaksha in Sanskrit, pakar, pakri in Hindi, and Java fig, white fig, pakar tree in English. The part used is bark. Smooth grey bark, astringent and slightly sweet on the tongue, drying and cooling to the touch.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
JAVA FIG
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- Java fig
- Scientific name
- Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham.
- Family
- Moraceae
Form
- Part used
- bark
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- Ayurveda
- astringent · sweet (kashaya, madhura)
Temperature
- Ayurveda
- cooling (shita virya)
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- Ayurveda
- cools and binds, heals wounds and ulcers, checks discharge and bleeding, soothes inflamed mucous surfaces
Cautions
- Contraindications
- strongly binding; use cautiously in constipation and marked vata dryness
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