Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of congenital stridor, accounting for 75 percent of stridor in newborns. It seems to be caused by a collapse of tissue around the larynx and usually occurs in newborns that have no other health problems.
The four leaves on the left are from different varieties of Ficus microcarpa. The leaf on the right is from Ficus benjamina. A round leaf variety of Ficus microcarpa, often called Green Island Fig In Taiwan I viewed three different clones of Ficus microcarpa with leaf size varying from small, medium, and normal.
The name fiddle given to this plant comes from its kind of fiddle (violin) shaped leaves). This ficus is a slow growing plant that may take up to 10 -15 years to reach full maturity, but after 3 or 4 years of growth it starts to become an attractive tree like ornamental house plant.his ficus is a slow growing plant that may take up to 10 -15 years to reach full maturity, but after 3 or 4 years of growth it starts to become an attractive tree like ornamental house plant.