Ficus granatum
Forster f.
MoraceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Fully ripe figs are eaten raw or cooked.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in the tropics. In Vanuatu it grows between 20-200 m altitude. It is best in sunny sites.
New Caledonia, Pacific, Vanuatu,
Countries: Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa
How to Identify
A fig. It is a small tree. It grows 6-15 m tall. The trunk is smooth and the bark is soft. It exudes a white latex. The leaves are simple and oval. They are 10-30 cm long by 6-11 cm wide. The leaf blade is glossy and wavy. The tip is rounded. There are 9-14 pairs of veins. The leaf stalk is think and 2-8 cm long. The figs are grouped in the axils of the leaves. They are yellow but turn red when ripe. They are round and 1.5-2.5 cm across.
Names & Synonyms
Baren, Nating, Natong
Ficus cooperi auct.Ficus granatum var. minor Corner
References (7)
- Gillaumin, R., 1954, Les Plantes utiles des Nouvelles-Hebrides (fin et complement) In: Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquee Vol. 1, No. 10-12 pp 453-460
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 308 and also p 307 (As Ficus cooperi)
- Lebot, V. & Sam, C., Green desert or ‘all you can eat’? How diverse and edible was the flora of Vanuatu before human introductions?. Terra australis 52 p 408
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 43
- Seeman, B., 1865-1873, Flora Vitiensis p 248
- Walter, A. & Sam C., 2002, Fruits of Oceania. ACIAR Monograph No. 85. Canberra. p 160, 279
- Wheatley, J.I., 1992, A Guide to the Common Trees of Vanuatu. Department of Forestry, Republic of Vanuatu. p
