WorldFloraDB - Ficus palmata

Characteristics

This is the eastern form of the cultivated fig, Ficus carica. It is a shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows to about 4-8 m high. The twigs are furry. The bark is smooth and ashy or brown. The leaves are round and sometimes deeply lobed. There are teeth along the edge. The leaves have stalks. The leaves are 2.5-15 cm long by 3-13.5 cm wide. The figs occur singly and have stalks. They are downy. The figs are yellow-purple when ripe. They are 1-2.5 cm across.

Life form	perennial
Growth form
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	monoecy
Pollination	entomogamy
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Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	9.0
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Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Occasionally found in forests, more commonly around villages, in waste ground, fields etc. Open places, generally along the banks of streams at elevations of 600-2,700 metres in Nepal.

More

A subtropical plant. It grows in open places near watercourses. In Nepal it grows from 600-2700 m altitude. It is often on rocky slopes and in drier areas. It can grow in arid places.

Occasionally found in forests, more commonly around villages, in waste ground, fields etc. Open places, generally along the banks of streams at elevations of 600-2700 metres in Nepal.

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Usage

The ripe fig fruit are eaten raw. They are used in drinks, jam and jelly and are also dried. The young shoots are cooked and eaten. They are boiled, fried and used as a green vegetable. The leaves are boiled for 2 hours to soften completely then eaten. The latex is used to curdle milk.

Uses	animal food breeding eating environmental use fodder food food additive gene source material medicinal rootstock shade wood
Edible	fruits leaves shoots
Therapeutic use	Abdominal pain (fruit), Chest pain (fruit), Constipation (fruit), Demulcents (fruit), Dysentery (fruit), Dyspepsia (fruit), Furunculosis (fruit), Hypertension (fruit), Laxatives (fruit), Lung diseases (fruit), Periodontitis (fruit), Skin diseases (fruit), Toothache (fruit), Urinary bladder diseases (fruit), Urologic diseases (fruit), Wounds and injuries (fruit), Abdominal pain (leaf), Allelopathy (leaf), Dysentery (leaf), Pruritus (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Acne vulgaris (plant exudate), Chest pain (root), Urologic diseases (root), Bladder (unspecified), Demulcent (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Splinter (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds or cuttings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	21 - 26
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