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The bark of ''[[Ficus lutea]]'' Vahl is used in Madagascar to obtain red-ochre dyes for raffia and silk textiles, but its major use is also ornamental.
=== ''Ficus platyphylla'' et and ''sycomorus'' ===
In Mali the barks of ''[[Ficus platyphylla]]'' Delile and ''[[Ficus sycomorus]]'' L. are dye sources for bogolan textiles giving red-ochre to brownish colours, but the former is more important for its latex, used in chewing gum and the latter for its fruits, cooked as a vegetable in soups or in couscous.