Ficus hederacea
Roxb.
Beduli
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The ripe fruits are mixed with salt and eaten fresh.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows up to 2000 m altitude in Uttar Pradesh in India. In the Indian Himalayas it grows between 1,300-2,000 m above sea level. In southern China it grows between 500-700 m above sea level and up to 1,500 m.
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sikkim, Thailand,
How to Identify
A fig. It is a climbing evergreen shrub. The stems and branches form aerial roots at the nodes. The leaves are 6-11 cm long by 4-5 cm wide. They are thickly leathery. The figs are round or oval. They are 1-1.5 cm across. They are orange-yellow or pink. They become black with pale dots when ripe.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Ficus hederacea is a climbing fig species, in the family Moraceae, which can be found in the Himalayas, southern China and Indo-China. In Vietnam it may be called sung leo. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
Notes
There are about 800-1000 Ficus species. They are mostly in the tropics. There are 120 Ficus species in tropical America.
Names & Synonyms
Jia ni ni bai
References (3)
- Luo, B., et al, 2019, Wild edible plants collected by Hani from terraced rice paddy agroecosystem in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 15:56
- Negi, K.S., 1988, Some little known wild edible plants of U.P. Hills. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Vol. 12 No. 2 pp 345-360
- Radha, B., et al, 2013, Wild Edible Plant Resources of the Lohba Range of Kedarnath Forest Division (KFD), Garhwal Himalaya, India. Int. Res J. Biological Sci. Vol. 2 (11), 65-73
