Ficus microcarpa
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Ficus microcarpa, also known as Chinese banyan, Malayan banyan, Indian laurel, curtain fig, or gajumaru (ガジュマル),[3] is a tree in the fig family Moraceae. It is native in a range from China through tropical Asia and the Caroline Islands to Australia.[4] It is widely planted as a shade tree[5] and frequently misidentified as F. retusa or as F. nitida (F. benjamina).[3]
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Special Precautions of Ficus microcarpa
Health Benefits and Uses of Ficus microcarpa
- its aerial root and leaves have been used as traditional folk medicine for flu, malaria, acute enteritis, tonsillitis, bronchitis, and rheumatism.
- extracts/fractions of F. microcarpa showed different activities such as antitussive, anti-asthmatic and expectorant activities.
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References
Comparison of antitussive, expectorant and antiasthmatic activities of different extracts from Ficus microcarpa Li-Heng Liu, Li-Sheng Wang and Xiong-Min Liu
