Ficus melinocarpa
Moraceae FAMILY

Ficus melinocarpa

Ficus melinocarpa

Edibility
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Medicinal
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Safety & Hazards

There is a report that the latex could be irritating[ 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 ].

Botanical Description

Ficus melinocarpa is a deciduous tree that can grow up to 35 metres tall[ 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 bole has tall spreading buttresses up to 4 metres high and to 2 metres wide[ 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 ]. This is usually not a strangling fig, but prop roots may be present at the base[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its low quality wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to New Guinea, New Britain and the Solomon Islands.
HabitatOften a canopy tree in lowland to montane forest, at elevations up to 2,200 metres[ 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 ].