Moraceae FAMILY
Ficus montana
Ficus montana
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Ficus montana is an erect or creeping, laxly branched, very variable shrub that can grow up to 2 metres long. It is not epiphytic[ 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. , 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 plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea.
HabitatIn gullies, hard soils, forest edges, bamboo thickets, teak forests, etc., at elevations up to 1,300 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. ].