Atti അത്തി

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
The tree is medium tall, growing 10-16 meters in height. The leaves are dark green, 7.5-10 cm long, ovate or elliptic. The fruit receptacles 2-5 cm in diameter, pyriform, in large clusters, arising from main trunk or large branches. The fruits resemble the figs and are green when raw, turning orange, dull reddish or dark crimson on ripening. The seeds tiny, innumerable, grain-like, the outer surface of the bark consists of easily removable translucent flakes grayish to rusty brown, uniformly hard and non-brittle.
The bark of Country fig tree is said to have healing power. In countries like India, the bark is rubbed on a stone with water to make a paste and the paste is applied over the skin which is having boils or mosquito bytes. Allow the paste to dry on the skin and reapply after a few hours. For people whose skin is especially sensitive to insect bites; this is a very simple home remedy.
The juice of the bark and leaves of Country fig or Cluster fig is used for grinding the pills and making decoction in toxicology.