Ficus is the largest genus in Moraceae family, with syconium inflorescence as its characteristic. This has a wide distribution worldwide, and about 367 species were found Malesia region. There are 74 have been recorded on Java, seven known introduced plants. Based our recent observations West Central Yogyakarta, East three newly found, namely F. auriculata Lour., maclellandii King, natalensis s...

A lyophilized aqueous leaf extract of Cecropia obtusifolia proved to be antihypertensive when intravenously administrated to conscious spontaneous hypertensive rats. Forty-five minutes after injection, the maximum fall in arterial pressure (-23.5% relative to preinjection values) was seen and recovery was not complete by the end of the 180 min observation period. The extract was also given to p...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Microsatellite primers were developed to investigate population genetic structure in Ficus hirta (Moraceae). METHODS AND RESULTS Sixteen microsatellite primers were developed and optimized for F. hirta using Illumina paired-end sequencing of pre-receptive and receptive developmental-phase female flowers. Out of 16 primers, nine were found to be polymorphic in four populat...