Bo Tree Seeds
Bo Tree, also known as
Ficus religiosa, Sacred Fig, Bodhi Tree, Pipal, Peepul, and Bo-Tree Fig, is native to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, southwest China and Indochina.
A sacred tree of the Hindus and Buddhists. Buddha meditated non-stop for 7 years under a Bo-Tree until he reached liberation. The spiritual value of this tree led to it being called
'Sacred Fig'.
The
Bo Tree is a well-known symbol for
happiness, prosperity, longevity and good luck. Today in India, Hindu sadhus still meditate below the
Bo Tree, and the tree's massive trunk is often the site of Buddhist and animist shrines. The Hindus do a variety of ceremonies around the
'Sacred Fig' tree as a mark of worship.
The bark and leaves are taken for diarrhea and dysentery and the leaves for constipation. The leaves are sometimes applied with clarified butter as a poultice to boils and to swollen salivary glands in mumps. The powdered fruit is taken for asthma and the latex is used to treat warts. The bark is astringent, cooling, and used as a laxative. It is used in diabetes, nervous disorders, for vaginal and skin disorders to improve the complexion.
Bo Tree has also been used in earache, bone fractures, glandular diseases (especially suppurating glands in the neck). scabies and other skin diseases and for ulcers and soreness in the mouth. An infusion or decoction of bark with a little honey has been used in gonorrhea. Water in which the freshly burnt ashes of the bark have been steeped is said to cure obstinate cases of hiccups and to alleviate vomiting, and milk boiled with dried bark is a reputed aphrodisiac.
Medicated oil made from the root bark is applied externally to skin diseases such as eczema, leprosy and is also used in rheumatism. The seeds and fruits are cooling, laxative and refrigerant. Leaves and young shoots are purgative.
in nature, the
Bo Tree can reportedly reach heights of almost 100 feet with a trunk diameter of 9 feet and a large canopy above. Indoors it can be grown as a bonsai just like its cousin ficus benghalensis. The
Bo Tree makes a nice potted indoor plant and can be grown indoors for many years.
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