Flora / Plantstubschool: modern· Svoboda — Vāstu
Plakṣa (Ficus lacor / wavy-leaved fig)
प्लक्षplakṣa
flo-plakshaDefinition
A sacred fig (Ficus lacor), one of the four holy Ficus assigned to directions in Vāstu. Svoboda: gives good results in the NORTH, and is inauspicious in the SOUTH. ⚑ Likely the 'Peepal (likely plakṣa)' rendered at BS 53.85 (rul-fig-trees-by-direction), where Peepal is beneficial-N / untoward-S — same direction pairing; flagged for cross-book confirmation, NOT merged.
Traditional
Prāṇa relevance
Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.
Connections (2)
avoided-in · 1
- Plakṣa is inauspicious in the south. [TRADITIONAL — Svoboda]
placed-in · 1
- Plakṣa (Ficus lacor) is said to give good results in the north (and is inauspicious in the south). [TRADITIONAL — Svoboda; binomial his, scheme received Vāstu]
Sources
- txt-svoboda-vastuch. 9 'Trees' footnote (PDF pp.241–242)Traditional✓ verifiedPlakṣa (Ficus lacor) good in the north, inauspicious in the south
Other attributes
- Flora Class
- tree
- Part Used
- whole
- See Also
- ["rul-fig-trees-by-direction"]
- Ecological Role
- sacred fig; milky-sap (the holy exception among milky-sap trees, which are otherwise disfavoured — PDF p.239)
- Cultivation
- assign to the north (good) — PDF pp.241–242 footnote