Ficus sycomorus subsp. gnaphalocarpa
(Miq.) C. C. Berg.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Fruit
The ripe fruit are eaten raw or cooked in soups. The leaves are also eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in the Sahel. It can grow in arid places. It grows in woodland.
Africa, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, East Africa, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sahel, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Africa, Zimbabwe,
How to Identify
A tropical fig tree found in the Sahel region where it grows in arid woodland areas. The leaves and fruit are both edible.
Nutrition Score: 41/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit | 78.5 | 322 | 77 | 1.6 | — | — | 6 | — |
| Leaves raw | 80.5 | 238 | 57 | 6.1 | — | — | 15.8 | — |
How to Grow
The pollinator wasp is Ceratosolen arabicus.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Ficus sycomorus, called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (because the leaves resemble those of the mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a fig species that has been cultivated since ancient times.
Notes
There are about 800-1000 Ficus species. They are mostly in the tropics. There are 120 Ficus species in tropical America.
Names & Synonyms
Akpan, Cheque, Cua, Cungre, Danba, Dawitchi, Gang, Kankanga, Kinkanan, N'cungre, Ndune, Okankan, Soto, Tcheque, Tomiri, Uncuiho, Uncungre
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