Ficus drupacea (PROSEA): Difference between revisions

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Introduction

List of species

Ficus drupacea Thunb.

Family: Moraceae

Synonyms

Ficus payapa Blanco,
Ficus pilosa Reinw. ex Blume.
Ficus chrysochlamys Lauterb. & K. Schumann
Ficus chrysocoma Blume

Vernacular names

Brown-woolly fig (En)
Indonesia: bulu timun (Javanese), kiara gambir, kiara wunuk (Sundanese), kalihi, melitih (Sumba), nabu (Timor)
Malaysia: akar piangu antan
Philippines: payapa, balete (Tagalog), nonok (Bisaya), teha (Manokwari)
Thailand: lung khon (northern), krang bai khon (Bangkok), haimi (Ubon Ratchathani).

Distribution

From Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar) to Indo-China, Thailand, throughout the Malesian region, the Solomon Islands and Australia (Queensland).

Uses

The figs are edible but rather tasteless. Formerly the tree was planted as a host for lac insects. Weak rope can be prepared from the bark. Powdered roots are used to cure wounds.

Observations

Large tree, up to 40 m tall, epiphytic when young, brown woolly-hairy on buds, twigs and leaf undersides.
Leaves oblong-elliptic, up to 30 cm × 13 cm.
Fruit a fig, axillary, sessile, paired, ovoid to cylindrical, 2-3 cm × 1.5-2 cm, ochre-yellow or red.

In evergreen and deciduous forests, up to 1200 m altitude. Five varieties have been distinguished, mainly based on characteristics of basal bracts.

Selected sources

Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C., 1963 1968. Flora of Java. 3 Volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Brown, W.H., 1951-1957. Useful plants of the Philippines. Reprint of the 1941-1943 ed. 3 Volumes. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Technical Bulletin 10. Bureau of Printing, Manila, the Philippines.

Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd ed. 2 Volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2444 pp.

Corner, E.J.H., 1965. Check-list of Ficus in Asia and Australasia with keys to identification. The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 21: 1-186.

Corner, E.J.H., 1988. Wayside trees of Malaya. 3rd ed. 2 Volumes. The Malaysian Nature Society. United Selangor Press, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 774 pp.

Merrill, E.D., 1923 1925. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 4 Volumes. Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Printing, Manila.

Ridley, H.N., 1922-1925. The Flora of the Malay Peninsula. 5 Volumes. Government of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. L. Reeve & Co., London.

Authors

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen

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 == Synonyms ==
-''Ficus payapa'' Blanco, ''Ficus pilosa'' Reinw. ex Blume.
+*''Ficus payapa'' Blanco,
+*''Ficus pilosa'' Reinw. ex Blume.
+*''Ficus chrysochlamys'' Lauterb. & K. Schumann
+*''Ficus chrysocoma'' Blume
 == Vernacular names ==
 *Brown-woolly fig (En)
-*Indonesia: bulu timun (Javanese), kiara gambir, kiara wunuk (Sundanese)
+*Indonesia: bulu timun (Javanese), kiara gambir, kiara wunuk (Sundanese), kalihi, melitih (Sumba), nabu (Timor)
 *Malaysia: akar piangu antan
-*Philippines: payapa, balete (Tagalog), nonok (Bisaya)
+*Philippines: payapa, balete (Tagalog), nonok (Bisaya), teha (Manokwari)
-*Thailand: lungkhon (northern), krang-baikhon (Bangkok), haimi (Ubon Ratchathani).
+*Thailand: lung khon (northern), krang bai khon (Bangkok), haimi (Ubon Ratchathani).
 == Distribution ==
-From India and Sri Lanka throughout Indo-China and Malesia to the Solomon Islands and Australia (Queensland).
+From Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar) to Indo-China, Thailand, throughout the Malesian region, the Solomon Islands and Australia (Queensland).
 == Uses ==
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 == Observations ==
-Large tree, up to 40 m tall, epiphytic when young, brown woolly-hairy on buds, twigs and leaf undersides. Leaves oblong-elliptic, up to 30 cm × 13 cm. Fruit a fig, axillary, sessile, paired, ovoid to cylindrical, 2-3 cm × 1.5-2 cm, ochre-yellow or red. In evergreen and deciduous forests, up to 1200 m altitude. Five varieties have been distinguished, mainly based on characteristics of basal bracts.
+*Large tree, up to 40 m tall, epiphytic when young, brown woolly-hairy on buds, twigs and leaf undersides.
+*Leaves oblong-elliptic, up to 30 cm × 13 cm.
+*Fruit a fig, axillary, sessile, paired, ovoid to cylindrical, 2-3 cm × 1.5-2 cm, ochre-yellow or red.
+In evergreen and deciduous forests, up to 1200 m altitude. Five varieties have been distinguished, mainly based on characteristics of basal bracts.
 == Selected sources ==
-, 8, 10, 12, 13, 54, 72.
+*Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C., 1963  1968. Flora of Java. 3 Volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands.
+*Brown, W.H., 1951-1957. Useful plants of the Philippines. Reprint of the 1941-1943 ed. 3 Volumes. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Technical Bulletin 10. Bureau of Printing, Manila, the Philippines.
+*Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd ed. 2 Volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2444 pp.
+*Corner, E.J.H., 1965. Check-list of Ficus in Asia and Australasia with keys to identification. The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 21: 1-186.
+*Corner, E.J.H., 1988. Wayside trees of Malaya. 3rd ed. 2 Volumes. The Malaysian Nature Society. United Selangor Press, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 774 pp.
+*Merrill, E.D., 1923  1925. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 4 Volumes. Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Printing, Manila.
+*Ridley, H.N., 1922-1925. The Flora of the Malay Peninsula. 5 Volumes. Government of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. L. Reeve & Co., London.
+== Authors ==
+P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen
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