Ficus maclellandii King. | |
Moraceae | |
Willow fig | |
| Botanical Name | Ficus maclellandii King. |
| Synonyms | Ficus rhododendrifolia .(Miq.) Miq. |
| Family | Moraceae |
| Common Name | English : Willow fig / Tamil : Neenda Ilai athi |
| Distribution | Global : India, China and tropical Africa and America. Indian: Throughout India |
| Description | : Evergreen tree up to 20m height, Bark grey and smooth, buttressed. Leaves petiolate, simple, alternate, elliptic to ovate, glabrous, leathery, apex acuminate, mucronate, veins prominent and cytoliths present in between veins. Inflorescence hypanthium, axillary on leafy branchlets, paired, purplish red when mature, globose to conic, slightly flat, sessile, involucral bract 2 or 3, ovate. Male, gall and female flowers present. Male flowers few, near apical pore. gall flower pedicellate, calyx lobes 3, lanceolate. Female flower, sessile, calyx lobe 3, lanceolate ovary ovoid. Achenes triangular, minutely tubercular. Syconus fruit. |
| Flowering Fruiting period | April – June |
| Uses | Ornamental planted in gardens and road side. |
| Medicinal Uses | Used in the treatment of bone movement disorder, ringworm, thrush and scabies. |
| Tamil Name | Willow fig |