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Ficus racemosa L.

Synonym	:	Ficus glomerata Roxb.
Family	:	Moraceae
Local name	:	English-  Cluster Fig, Gular Fig Malayalam- Atthi
Flowering and fruiting period	:	February - May
Distribution	:	Indo – Malasia to Australia.
Distribution in kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Semi-evergreen and deciduous forests, also in the plains.
IUCN Status		Least concern
Endemic /Exotic		Australia, Malaysia, Indo-China and the Indian subcontinent.
Uses	:	The roots are useful in dysentery. The bark is astringent, antidiabetic and useful as a wash for wounds. A decoction of leaves is good wash for wounds and ulcers. Tender fruits are used in diarrhoea, dyspepsia and haemorrhages. The ripe fruits are useful in menorrhagia, haemorrhoids and diarrhoea.
Key botanical characters:   Deciduous trees, to 30 m high; bole buttressed; surface reddish-brown or yellowish-brown smooth, coarsely shoots. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, obovate. Flowers unisexual; inflorescence a syconia, on short leafless branches or warty tubercles of trunk or on larger branches, flowers long stalked; ovary dark red, rough; style short. Syconium, orange, pink or dark crimson; achene granulate. .