Trilepisium

Trilepisium, the urnfigs or false-figs, is a small Afrotropical genus of plants in family Moraceae.

[5] They usually branch high up to form a small and loosely pyramidal crown[4] with drooping twigs.

[5] The glossy and very dark elliptic leaves have a prominent driptip,[2] and measure up to 14 cm long.

[5] The two species are distinguished on floral characteristics:[7] The wood of T. madagascariense is suitable for furniture, and the sap yields a red dye.

[4] A methanol extract, fractions and isoliquiritigenin from T. madagascariense stem bark has been shown to possess antidiarrheal activities,[8] and previously unknown trilepisflavan and trilepisuimic acid compounds were isolated from it in 2012.