Chinese banyan
Scientific name
Ficus microcarpa
English Name
Chinese banyan
Malayalam name
ഇത്തി
Common name
Laurel fig
Description
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Evergreen and semi evergreen forests and also in the plains
- Leaves : simple,alternate and spiral
- Flowers : unisexual,inflorescence a syconia, sessile, in axillary pairs
- Syconium : globose, glabrous, pink with yellow shades when ripe; achenes smooth.
How to use
- Aerial roots : In dental caries & toothpaste
- Stem bark : Bark of the root and leaves boiled in oil and used for the treatment of wounds and bruises
- Headache : Pounded bark and leaves are used in headache.
Parts used
Stem bark,areial roots
Uses
Dental cares & toothpaste , Diarrhea,dysentery,wound healing
Propagation & Cultivation
It is propagated by cutting with 3-4 leaves in an ambient temperature of about 25-30°C.The most suitable season for propagation by cuttings is from December to March