Moraceae FAMILY

Ficus geocharis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ficus geocharis is a tree that can grow up to 17 metres tall. The bole can be 20cm in diameter[ 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 , 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia and Indonesia.

HabitatAn understorey tree, mainly in disturbed keranga, mixed dipterocarp, sub-montane and regrowth forests at elevations up to 1,200 metres. Usually along rivers and streams and on hillsides with sandy soils[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ].