Moraceae FAMILY

Ficus vitiensis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ficus vitiensis ranges from a shrub just 1 metre tall to a tree that can be 20 metres or more tall. The bole does not usually exceed 35cm in diameter[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The fruit is considered to be the nicest of all the Fijian figs and is commonly harvested from the wild for local use. The plant also has local medicinal uses, is a source of materials, and is occasionally found growing in gardens in Fiji[ 339 Title Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands: Systems for Sustainability Publication Author W.C. Clarke and R.R. Thaman (Editors) Website http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80824e/80824E00.htm#Contents Publisher United Nations University Press, Tokyo Year 1993 ISBN 92-808-0824-9 Description The guide includes information on 100 species of plants for Agroforestry. It is also available on the web at the address given above. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangePacific - Fiji.

HabitatOften locally abundant as a shrub or small tree in open grassland, hillside thickets, and patches of dry forest in open areas; frequently also found as a larger tree in denser forest, sometimes on creek banks; at elevations up to 850 metres[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].