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Ficus punctata

Botanic Family

Moraceae

Author

Thunberg

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Sickle-leaved Fig
• Cataupi (Bagobo
• Manobo)
• Cheng huang rong (Pinyin)
• Akar Pulau (Sarawak)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Cambodia
• S. Taiwan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Bali
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Riau Islands
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Sarawak - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• montane areas
• riverside
• lowland forest
• coastal forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Large root-climbing liana or shrub with 15mm across axillary fruits, figs yellow-orange to red brown up to 70mm diameter, pink or dark purple or russet-brown with numerous red spots & blotches, infructescence 60mm long, coriaceous leaves, flattened stems

Witchcraft

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• The Plant List 2
• Elmer
• FS
• USNH
• FOC
• NYBG
• GBS
• P. Chai