Ficus Tsjahela Burm.f
Deciduous trees, often epiphytic, to 15 m high; aerial roots absent; bark surface dark brown, rough, blaze red, fibrous; exudation milky. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral,base rounded, coriaceous, margin entire, glabrous and glossy; basally 3-nerved; midrib raised above.Fruit and Seed; syconium, sessile, ca. 0.5 cm across, greenish; achenes smooth.
- Family: Moraceae
- Habit: Deciduous trees up to 25 m tall.
- Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains.
- Status : Common
Vernacular names
English - Fig
Malayalam - Aal
Hindi - Pilkhan
Kannada - Boviyamara
Tamil - Kal-aal
Medicinal Uses
* Used as an antioxidant.
* Phytochemicals.
* Antimicrobial agent.
