Английская Википедия:Ficus platyphylla

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Ficus platyphylla is a deciduous tree within the family Moraceae. Common local names include Gamji in Hausa and Gaba or Kobo in Bambara.[1]

Description

Species grows up to Шаблон:Convert tall, the crown is large and spreading while the bark is pale brown with scales and fissures, the species sometimes grows as an epyphyte.[2] Leaves, alternate, petioles and stipules are present; leaflets are ovate to elliptic in outline, up to Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The fruits are globose in shape, reddish and small, usually between Шаблон:Convert in diameter, they are arranged in clusters of 1Шаблон:Endash5 in leaf axils on peduncles that can reach Шаблон:Convert in length.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Commonly found in the savannah regions of West and East Africa, from Senegal eastwards to Somalia.[3]

Uses

The species is used as an antidote to poision in different cultures.[4] In Nigeria, the stem bark extracts of the plant is used in ethnomedicine to treat a variety of ailments including depression, epilepsy and psychosis.[5] It is also used to expel parasitic worms from the body.[3]

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