Ficus hispida L.f.
| Kannada Name : | Kaadatthi, Adavi atthi, Kallatthi |
| Common Name : | Hairy fig, Opposite leaf fig |
| Family Name : | Moraceae |
| Scientific Name : | Ficus hispida |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | June - July |
| Fruiting Period : | June - July |
| Origin : | Asia, Australia |
Uses
The bark is antiperiodic, emetic and tonic. The juice of the root is used in treatment of fevers and the juice of the fig is used to treat liver problems.
Description
Shrubs or small trees, up to 10 m tall, coarsely hairy; dioecious. Leaves simple, opposite, ovate, oblong, or obovate-oblong, thickly papery, abaxially with coarse gray hairs, adaxially rough and with short thick hairs, base rounded to cuneate, apex acute to mucronate, margin entire or bluntly toothed. Inflorescence a syconium. Figs axillary on normal leafy shoots, sometimes on leafless branchlets or branchlets from main branches, solitary or paired, yellow or red when mature, top-shaped, pedunculate; involucre bracts present; lateral bracts sometimes present. Male flowers: many, near apical pore, stamen 1. Gall flowers: calyx absent, short, thick. Female flowers: calyx lobes absent; style lateral, with hairs.
