Ficus sinuata
Thunb.
Bird fig tree
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Fruit - raw. Small, but very tasty. Fruit a fig, axillary, subglobose, about 1 cm diameter, orange-red, usually 2 - 6 together.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in forest up to 1,500 m above sea level.
Asia, India, Indochina, Indonesia*, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Thailand,
How to Identify
A fig. It is a shrub or small tree. It grows 2-6 m tall. It can be attached to other plants. The branches are drooping. The leaves are narrowly oval and 5-20 cm long by 2-8 cm wide. The fruit is a fig. It is a flattened round shape and 1 cm across. It grows in the axils of leaves. It is orange-red. There are usually 2-6 fruit together.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown from seeds and by air-layering. Fruit are fertilised by a particular wasp.
Notes
There are about 800-1000 Ficus species. They are mostly in the tropics. There are 120 Ficus species in tropical America.
Names & Synonyms
Buah ara burung, Kesenai, Mepai
