Family: Moraceae
Synonym: Urostigma microcarpum (L.f.) Miq.
Vernacular name: Ithi, Ithiyal, Kallithi
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, S.China and Malesia to Pacific Islands
Flowering and Fruiting: March-May
Key
identification features: Evergreen
trees, epiphytic, greyish-brown bark; Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; elliptic to obovate leaves. Unisexual flowers,
inflorescence a syconia, sessile, globose, pink with yellow shades when ripe with smooth achenes.
Uses: The bark, when used in combination with other herbs, is a good medicine to cure boils or swelling on the limbs.
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