Ficus benjamina L.
Synonym:
Ficus comosa Roxb., Ficus
parvifolia Oken.
MORACEAE
Local Names
: വെള്ളാൽ, Benjamin Tree,
Golden fig, Java fig.
Flowering Period : July to December.
Distribution : India and South China to Solomon Islands
Uses: Cure Rheumatism, Tannin source, Ornamental.
Exotic : Yes
Evergreen
trees, aerial roots few. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; lamina elliptic,
margin entire. Inflorescence a syconia , axillary, sessile, paired, globose;
internal bristles absent; flowers unisexual, of 4 kinds; male flowers: abundant;
tepals 3; stamen 1, included; anthers oblong; female flowers: sessile, tepals
3-4; ovary ovate, brownish; style tip
curved; gall flowers similar to female flowers but pedicellate. Syconium
orange, rarely pink or dark purple.
