Pimple ( Peepal tree )

 

Pimple ( Peepal tree ) plant in other languages – Hindi. – Peepal , Gujarati – Pepper , Kannada – Arligid , Sanskrit – Aswattha, Bodhidrum , English – Peepal tree , Latin – Ficus religioja cul-moresi. This large deciduous tree is found in the forests of the sub-Himalayan region, Bengal and Madhya Pradesh and around temples and villages throughout India, also in Burma and Sri Lanka. Hindus consider it sacred. It is often mentioned in Vedic scriptures as a useful sacrificial tree. In the Brihatsamhita it is said that it is auspicious to plant the tree in the west of the house, but its wood should not be used in house construction. Due to Gautama Buddha’s close association with this tree, it is named as ‘Bodhi Tree’ and ‘Bodhidrum’. Ashwattha tree of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka. It is said to be 2,200 years ago.

Its seeds grow on other plants and the plant grows like a vegetative plant for many years and then grows independently. It has the same importance as the Vada and is related to it (of the same race). But it has no traditions [vat cul moraci]. Pimpal leaves are simple, alternate, narrowed (tapering) tip, ovate, slightly heart-shaped at the bottom, long-stalked and oblong, and the sub-leaves are oval-shaped scales. When young, the leaves are first reddish-brown and later turn green. Kumbhasani [Pushpabandh] flowers appear in pairs in the axils of the leaves. 1.2 cm. is Stamens are few or infrequent, the sepals are three and the sepals are one. Inflorescences profuse female-flowers few and five and five in number [flower]. Pollination is by insects [fig] and the fruit (fig) is purple or black and their radiation (dispersal) is by birds. Trees grow in places.

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Pimpal wood is of inferior type and is used for making boxes, yokes, fire pits, pots (shallow pots) etc. It is also used to make tannins, and the bark is useful for tanning and dyeing leather. Strings are made from husks. Alum and pipal roots are used to dye cotton cloth or thread. A sticky glue is made from white chickpeas. The bark is stabhanka (astringent) and given on prameha (pargya). Fruits Sarak seeds cooling (cooling) and healthy leaves and young leaves (Proha) Laxative (stomach cleansing) Bark branch [⟶Aushadhikalpa] In Sri Lanka, bark juice is used to make gargles for toothache and to strengthen the gums. The young branches are boiled in milk with sugar and strained and taken as a drink which is cool and nutritious.

Parosa Pimpal : (Parasa pimpal, okra, okra tree Hin. Paras pipal, Parsipu s. Parish Gu. Paras bhindi c. Bhangarli, Bugari in. Portia tree, Tulip tree La. Thespacia populnia cul-malvaceae). This medium-sized evergreen and fast-growing tree is native to tropical regions of Africa and Asia and the Pacific Islands and is found in coastal India (Konkan and Bengal), Burmese and Andaman Islands. Thespesia (the etymological Latin name) in Greek means ‘divine’ and is named after the famous English explorer Captain James Cook, who first saw the tree around temples in Tahiti. given by the similarity of the page. This tree is mentioned in the Vrikshayaurveda chapter of the Brihatsamhita as Vanir (Palsa Pimpal) and it is said to be from the wetlands. Since this tree is a flowering plant in the Malvaceae family (Okra family), most of its physical characteristics are as described in that family. The bark is gray and the close branches give this tree an umbrella-like shape. Leaves simple, alternate, sessile, thick, heart-shaped and constricted Flowers large, 7-9 cm. diameter, orbicular (behind the leaf), attractive and thick yellow with purple color at the base, the same color turns brick red later. Convoluted cup-like and the petals are somewhat divided at the ends, the saffron stem is reddish-purple, and five branches of the kinjalka [flower] emerge from it. Fruit (bond) globose about 4 cm. in diameter, hard and densely supported in a cup, first green, then tinged and finally black. 5-15 long round seeds are released when the fruit is cracked. Around February the leaves start to turn yellow and fall off.

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Parosha pimpal wood is hard and does not deteriorate with water. It is useful for wheels of cars, boxes, padavs and boats. The fibers from the bark are strong and good for making ropes and weaving bags. The tannin and red color in the peel is also useful. A poultice of leaves, roots and fruits is good for skin diseases. The bark is columnar and the root is tonic useful in diarrhoea.

Medicinal and other uses of Pimple ( Peepal tree )

‘Lakh’ is made from pimpal tree. Its medicine cures ulcers. Pimpal fruits are used for colic and other stomach disorders. The extract of its peels is nutritious and tonic. The red color is produced from the peel of pimpal. Buddhist monks dye their robes with this color. Coins excavated at Harappa and Mohonjedado bear motifs of pimpal leaves.

Source – Marathi vishwakosha 

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