Ficus aculeata var. indecora — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

A tropical plant.

Australia*,

Countries: Australia

A fig. It is a shrub or tree. It grows 1.5-10 m tall. The trees are separately male and female.

There are about 800-1000 Ficus species. They are mostly in the tropics. There are 120 Ficus species in tropical America.

Names & Synonyms

Randji, Ranya

Ficus beckleri Miq.Ficus indecora A. Cunn. ex Miq.Ficus opposita var. indecora (A. Cunn. ex Miq.) CornerFicus orbicularis A. Cunn. ex Miq.

References (8)

Elliot, W.R., & Jones, D.L., 1992, Encyclopedia of Australian Plants suitable for cultivation. Vol 4. Lothian. p 288 (As Ficus opposita var. indecora)
Flora of Australia, Volume 3, Hamamelidales to Casuarinales, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra (1989) p 56 (As Ficus opposita var. indecora)
Hall, N. et al, 1972, The Use of Trees and Shrubs in the Dry Country of Australia, AGPS, Canberra. p 207 (As Ficus opposita var. indecora)
Kenneally, K.E., Edinger, D. C., and Willing T., 1996, Broome and Beyond, Plants and People of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management. p 138 (As Ficus opposita var. indecora)
Levitt, D., 1981, Plants and people. Aboriginal uses of plants on Groote Eylandt. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. p 104 (As Ficus opposita var. indecora)
Paczkowska, G . & Chapman, A.R., 2000, The Western Australian Flora. A Descriptive Calatogue. Western Australian Herbarium. p 331 (As Ficus opposita var. indecora)
Smith, M & Kalotas, A. C., 1985, Bardi Plants: An Annotated List of Plants and Their Use by the Bardi Aborigines of Dampierland, in North-western Australia. Rec. West Aust. Mus. 1985, 12(3): 317-359 (As Ficus opposita var. indecora)
Wightman, G. & Brown, J., 1994, Jawoyn Plant Identikit, Common Useful Plants in the Katherine Area of Northern Australia. Conservation Commission Northern Territory. p 45 (As Ficus opposita var. indecora)