Moraceae FAMILY

Ficus subtrinervia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ficus subtrinervia ranges in height from a shrub a few metres tall up to a large canopy tree that can be 40 metres tall. In larger specimens the crown is dense and spreading. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 60 - 70cm in diameter and unbranched for up to 20 metres; it has buttresses that are up ro 130cm high[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of fibre.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea to the Bismarck Archipelago.

HabitatA subcanopy to large canopy tree in lowland to submontane forest, commonly on river banks and in stony river beds, at elevations up to 1,200 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. , 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].