Moraceae FAMILY

Ficus vallis-choudae

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ficus vallis-choudae is a shrub that can be as small as 3 - 5 metres, but is more commonly a tree that can grow up to 18 metres tall[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. It has a short bole that is sometimes buttressed, and a widely spreading crown of conspicuously large toothed ovate leaves[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for its edible fruit and timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

HabitatDamp sites, stream-banks and into dry savannah[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. A riverine tree, also found beside lakes and in forests with a high ground water-table, at elevations from 400 - 1,800 metres[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ].