Moraceae FAMILY

Ficus pritchardii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ficus pritchardii is a shrub or a tree that can grow from 2 - 25 metres tall[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangePacific - Fiji.

HabitatDense or open forest or on its edges and in thickets, sometimes on open slopes, and rarely on the inner edges of mangrove swamps; at elevations up to 1,150 metres[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].