Ficus chrysocarpa — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are edible.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It is light demanding. It needs moist deep soil. It grows on the edge of forests.

Asia, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,

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 small tree. It grows 6-10-15 m high. The trunk is straight. The bark is grey and smooth. The small branches and young leaves are densely covered with rusty brown hairs. The fruit is round and dark yellow. The leafy structures at the base of the leaves is sword shaped and 1-2 cm long and covered with a rusty red covering. The leaf stalk is 1-1.5 cm long. The leaf blade is oval and 10-15 cm long by 5-8 cm wide. They are papery. There are coarse bent hairs on the upper surface and a golden yellow layer underneath. The base is wedge shaped the edges have teeth and the tip tapers. There are 3-4 secondary veins on each side of the main vein. The figs occur in pairs in the axils of leaves and are round and 1-1.5 cm across. They have a golden yellow covering.