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Medicine - The bark of the root, the root itself, and the leaves are boiled in oil and applied on wounds and bruises. Eco-restoration-The tree provides a dense shade and has an aggressive root system, usually shading out plants underneath. Wood - Construction: The wood is of low quality, but is used for temporary constructions, mouldings, interior work, cladding, drawers, small domestic articles, fruit crates et
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Wet tropical biome.
Evergreen tree reaching 30 m tall .
Bark gray to gray-white, smooth. Main branches producing aerial roots which can develop into new trunks; branchlets gray-white, pendulous, glabrous.
Elliptic, glossy green, with an acuminate tip.
Small, inconspicuous, produced inside the fig (syconium).
Small, round, figs.
Flowering:August- November