Ficus sinuata (PROSEA)
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Ficus sinuata Thunb.
- Family: Moraceae
Synonyms
Ficus rostrata Lamk, Ficus cuspidata Reinw. ex Blume.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: gagareman, peer (Sundanese), sipadi (Sumatra)
- Malaysia: mepai, kesenai.
Distribution
India (Assam), Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Borneo).
Uses
The small fruits are considered very tasty.
Observations
Shrub, often epiphytic, 2-4 m tall. Leaves elliptic-oblong to subobovate, 5-20 cm × 2-8 cm. Fruit a fig, axillary, subglobose, about 1 cm diameter, orange-red, usually 2-6 together. In not too dry forest, up to 1500 m altitude. Subspecies cuspidata (Reinw. ex Blume) Corner is less branched and has broader leaves. It occurs only in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Selected sources
3, 10, 12, 13, 26.