Ficus vaccinioides
Hemsl. & King
MoraceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. In Taiwan it grow at low to medium altitudes on exposed land and along sea shores.
Asia, Taiwan,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A fig. It is a small creeping shrub. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. It forms roots from the branches. The small branches are a dark reddish brown. They are softly hairy. The leaves are papery and have a few prickly hairs on either side. They are oval and 1.5-3 cm long by 1 cm wide. The fruit receptacles become black. They can occur singly or in pairs in the axils of leaves. They can be 1 cm across.
Production
In Taiwan plants flower between March and April and fruit between May to June.
Names & Synonyms
Yue jie rong
References (3)
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 5
- Flora of Taiwan Vol. 2:186
- Kuo, W. H. J., (Ed.) Taiwan's Ethnobotanical Database (1900-2000), http://tk.agron.ntu.edu.tw/ethnobot/DB1.htm
