Ficus obpyramidata (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Ficus obpyramidata King
- Family: Moraceae
Vernacular names
- Common river fig (En)
- Malaysia: ara lempong, kelempong
- Thailand: pho (Trang, Nakhon Si Thammarat).
Distribution
Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
Figs are edible; they have a slightly nutty taste and are very gummy.
Observations
A small tree, 5-6 m tall. Leaves obovate, 7-35 cm × 4-18 cm. Fruit a fig, obpyramidal, 2.5-5 cm in diameter, the mouth sunk in the lower end, yellow to brownish-ochre when ripe, growing on leafless branches from trunk. Common on stream banks and along rice fields, up to 1300 m altitude.
Selected sources
10, 12, 13.