Scientific Name
Ficus retusa L.
Synonyms
Ficus truncata (Miq.) Miq. [Illegitimate]. [1]
Vernacular Name
| Malaysia | Ara jejawi (Peninsular) [2]; ara jejawai [3] |
| English | Malayan banyan, Chinese banyan, Indian laurel [3], banyan fig, Taiwan fig [4] |
| India | Antiyantapittan, arekgol dhavidek-gol, biliala, chilkan, errajuvvi, hemanta, ichi, ittiyal, kallicci, kantakala, kuberaka, namdruk, nankipipri, pilaka, shidigoli, tuna, uttarajuvvi, thapsi, yerrajeevi, zir [4] |
| Philippines | Balete (Tagalog); marabutan (Bagobo) [2] |
Geographical Distributions
Ficus retusa is distributed from India and Southern China, throughout Southeast Asia, to Australia and New Caledonia. It grows in open lowland forest, brushwood and near rivers. [2]
Botanical Description
F. retusa is amember of the family Moraceae. It is a tree which is up to measure 18 m tall, with aerial roots and milky latex. The twigs are with prominent projections of stipular rings and petiolar scars. [2]
The leaves are arranged alternate. The stipules are large and persistent. The petiole is up to measure 2 cm long. The blade is oblanceolate to narrowly obovate in shape, measuring 5-15 cm x 3-6 cm, narrowed base and 3-veined. The apex is rounded to bluntly point. The secondary veins are 5-8 pairs with all veins are prominent below. [2]
The inflorescence is an axillary fig, slightly spherical to obovoid in shape, measure about 1 cm in diametre, sessile, yellow-red in colour, often in pairs and crowded. [2]
Cultivation
No documentation.
Chemical Constituent
No documentation.
Plant Part Used
No documentation.
Traditional Use
No documentation.
Preclinical Data
No documentation.
Clinical Data
No documentation.
Poisonous Management
No documentation.
Line Drawing
References
- The Plant List. Ver 1.1. Ficus retusa (L.). [homepage on the Internet]. c2013 [updated 2012 Mac 23; cited 2015 June 2]. Available from: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2812043
- Ficus retusa (L.) In: Boer E, Ella AB, editors. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 18: Plants producing exudates. Leiden, Netherlands, Backhuys Publishers; 2000.
- Herbal Medicine Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research. Compendium of medicinal plants used in Malaysia. Volume 1. Kuala Lumpur: HMRC IMR; 2002. p. 350.
- Quattrocchi U. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology. Volume III E-L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press; 2012. p. 244-245.