Ficus microcarpa, Ithi, Kallithi, Chinese banyan, ഇത്തി, കല്ലിത്തി

Family: Moraceae
Vernacular names: Ithi, Kallithi, ഇത്തി, കല്ലിത്തി (Malayalam), Chinese banyan (English), Plaksah (Sanskrit), Ichchi (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia to Pacific Islands and South China
Description: Stragglers. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral. Flowers unisexual; inflorescence a syconia, sessile, in axillary pairs, globose, glabrous, orifice plane or slightly raise; flowers of 4 kinds; male flowers numerous; sessile or shortly pedicelled; female flowers sessile. Syconium, globose, glabrous, pink with yellow shades when ripe; achenes smooth.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: March-May

Parts used: Bark, root, leaves and buds
Properties & Uses: Pungent, bitter and aphrodisiac. Bark is useful in burning sensation, leucoderma, ulcer, leprosy and itching. Bark of the root and leaves boiled in oil and used for the treatment of wounds and bruises. Pounded bark and leaves are used in headache.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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