Ficus fistulosa Reinw. ex Blume
Yellow Stem Fig / Ara (Bru.); Peranak purak (Dus.); Daun peranak (Tut.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Terrestrial evergreen small tree that can grow up to 18 m tall. Leaves are simple, alternately and spirally positioned, leathery, adaxially glabrous and abaxially hairy. Leaf blade is ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, mucronate at apex, base obliquely cuneate or rounded with entire or wavy margin and reticulate venation. Stems contain white sap. Twigs are often thick and hollow. Barks are dark brown to grey while the inner barks are whitish to yellow. Inflorescence a syconium (fig) arising at leaf axils. Flowers are tiny and enclosed within the syconium. Fruit a fleshy, pear- shaped, yellowish-green, globose fig
It is locally used for rheumatism, diarrhoea and high blood pressure. The plant exhibits antifungal, antibacterial activity and strong
It thrives at higher elevations in tropical areas. It prefers a light, warm, moist but well-drained soil under full sunlight or partial shade.
Seeds and stem cutting.
Native to India, South
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