Ficus virens
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Ficus virens is a semi-deciduous plant of the genus Ficus found in Pakistan, India, east and Southeast Asia, through Malaysia and into Northern Australia.[2] Its common name is white fig; it is locally known as pilkhan and in the Kunwinjku language it is called manbornde.[3] Like many figs, its fruits are edible. One of the most famous specimens of this tree is the Curtain Fig Tree of the Atherton Tableland, near Cairns, a popular tourist attraction.[4] Another famous example is the Tree of Knowledge in Darwin.
Ficus virens var. sublanceolata occurs the subtropical rainforest of northeastern New South Wales, and south eastern Queensland in Australia.
Description
It is a medium-sized to medium-sized tree which grows to a height of 24–24 metres (79–79 ft) In dry areas and up to 32 metres (105 ft) tall in wetter areas. It is a fig tree belonging to the group of trees known as strangler figs, which is because its seeds can germinate on other trees and grow to strangle and eventually kill the host tree.
It has two marked growth periods in its Indian environment: in spring (February to early May), and in the time of the monsoon rains (i.e. June to early September). The new leaves are a beautiful shade of reddish pink and very pleasing to the eye.
This is a very massive tree in which the width of the crown can sometimes exceed the height of the tree. Campbell exhibits a photograph of an individual which he states had a girth at breast height of Template:Cvt, or a DBH of Template:Cvt.[5] The photo shows no sign of buttresses or a basal swelling.
Use as food
The leaves are known in Thai cuisine as phak liap (Template:Langx). They are eaten boiled as a vegetable in Northern Thai curries, referred to in the Northern dialect as phak hueat (ผักเฮือด).
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ficus virens". IUCN Red List. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ficus virens - Useful Tropical Plants". tropical.theferns.info. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Garde, Murray. "manbornde". Bininj Kunwok Online Dictionary. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Curtain Fig Tree (entry 602734)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Campbell, Douglas H. (1926). Outline of Plant Geography. New York: MacMillan and Co. pp. 249 and photo p. 248.
External links
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- Galamarrma, The Tree of Knowledge, Darwin, Australia - Exceptional Trees on Waymarking.com
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