Kumbuk Plant |

Kumbuk Plant |

Kumbuk is the name of a tree commonly found in Sri Lanka – beautiful, standing tall and providing shade from the tropical heat.

Kumbuk is one of the species whose leaves are fed on by the Antheraea paphia moth which produces the tussar silk, a wild silk of commercial importance.

In Theravada Buddhism, Kumbuk is said to have been used as the tree for achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi by the tenth Buddha (title) called “Anomadassi Buddha”.

Height : about 20–25 metres tall
Leaves : simple, without stipules, 7.5-15 cm long, 4-7 cm wide

Related medicinal properties : Reduces aggravation of pitta and kapha dosha

Flower : In terminal panicles; petals absent, honey scented. Pale yellow in color.

Fruit : An indehiscent drupe, 3.5-5 cm long, obovate-ovoid, endocarp fibrous and woody, dark brown; seed solitary.

Edible parts : None

Ayurvedic usage : Heart diseases, Fevers, Skin diseases, Obesity, Wounds, Bone fractures, Dysentery, Piles, Coughs, Leucorrhoea, Candida infections