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 common collective name for the Ficus genus is Fig Trees or Figs. There are about 850 species of Ficus in this genus, most types are comprised of trees, however some species of Figs exhibit shrub, vine, epiphyte, and hemiepiphyte growth types.ig tree species occupy a wide variety of ecological niches, mostly specific rainforest canopy niches. Most Ficus species are evergreen, but some are deciduous and are endemic to areas outside of the tropics, however some deciduous species are endemic in higher elevations within the tropics.