Ficus heteropleura

Botanical Description

Ficus heteropleura. We have conflicting reports on the habit of this plant. According to one it is a tree up to 20 metres tall, with a bole up to 25cm in diameter, that often starts life as an epiphyte in the branch of a tree but eventually out-competes and kills that tree[ 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, ]. Another report says that it is a is a scandent, twining shrub or liana with hanging side-branches, not a root-climber, but sometimes epiphytic; with a stem to 10cm diameter and stems up to 20 metres long[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 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 medicinal use.