Moraceae FAMILY

Ficus wassa

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ficus wassa is a shrub or a tree growing up to 4 metres tall in New Guinea, becoming a small to medium-sized tree that is generally 5 - 8 metres tall in other parts of its range, but up to 20 metres tall in Indonesia[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ] The leaves are a commonly used vegetable in New Guinea, the plant also supplies edible fruit, has medicinal uses and is a source of materials. The tree is sometimes cultivated as a food crop in home gardens within the plants native range[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia; through New Guinea to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

HabitatA forest species, generally preferring open places, at elevations from sea-level to 2,000 metres, occasionally to 2,600 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. Often found in areas of secondary regrowth in New Guinea[ 658 Title Food Plants of Papua New Guinea Publication Author French. B.R. Publisher Author. Year 2006 ISBN Description Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants. ].