Ficus consociata

Botanical Description

Karet binasah is an evergreen plant that usually starts life as a climbing fig, or banyan, that is most commonly found growing on the branches of other trees. As it grows larger, it sends down aerial roots to the ground to obtain extra nutrition, and also grows faster than its host, often completely smothering it. It can eventually become a mid-canopy tree growing up to 38 metres tall with a bole up to 31cm in diameter[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ]. One report says that, unlike many other banyans, this species seldom kills its host, and is sometimes found growing on its own roots[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its fibre.