Family: Moraceae
Synonym: Ficus beipeiensis S.S.Chang
Vernacular names: Atthi
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests.
Distribution: Pakistan to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia
Flowering and fruiting: April - June
Key identification features: It is a small tree with brownish, hollow branchlets that exude milky latex. Its leaves are simple, alternate, and orbicular-ovate, cm. The figs grow directly on short shoots from the trunk or main branches and are subtended by 3 ovate basal bracts. The figs themselves are turbinate, ribbed, and covered in brown hairs .
Uses: Fruits are edible. Bark yields a coarse fiber and is used in the preparation of medicine for hydrophobia.
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