Ficus nymphaeifolia

Ficus nymphaeifolia is a strangler fig found in central and South America. Growing up to 35 metres tall, the habitat is coastal plains, savannah and rainforest. This plant first appeared in scientific literature in 1768. Published in The Gardeners Dictionary by the English botanist, Philip Miller from specimens collected in the Caribbean. Latex from the plant may be used in the form of a plaster, to treat sprains and fractures and cuts to the body, to offer relief from pain and to protect a wound from infection.^[2][3][4]

Ficus nymphaeifolia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Ficus
Species:	F. nymphaeifolia
Binomial name
Ficus nymphaeifolia Mill.
Synonyms
Ficus anguina Benoist Ficus duquei Dugand Ficus ierensis Britton Ficus nymphoides Thunb. Ficus urbaniana Warb. Urostigma nymphifolium (Mill.) Miq.