Details for: DFIC 332, Ficus palmata Forssk., DFIC 332

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Ficus palmata Forssk.

Top Name:

DFIC 332

Origin:

Collected – India

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

14 Feb 2007

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Ficus palmata Forssk.

Top Name:

DFIC 332

Origin:

Collected – India

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

14 Feb 2007

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

India

Donated

14 February 2007.
California, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis. Obtained by Mr. Doyle while at UC Kearney Agricultural Center.
Donor(s):

Doyle, James F., UC Kearney Agricultural Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

DFIC 332

Type: Site identifier

wild Himalayan fig

Type: Other or unclassified name

Parmar, Chiranjit Horticultural Sales & Services

Narrative

Per Parmar (see citation): "The wild Himalayan fig (Ficus palmata Forsk.) is a very tasty wild-growing fruit. It is not even slightly less tasty than the cultivated fig. This wild-growing fruit differs from the superior cultivated types only in that it is similar in size. In size too, there is a lot of variation among the wild plants because of their seedling origin and one frequently comes across trees with larger fruits. But still, the wild figs are generally much smaller than the cultivated ones . . . A medium-sized tree attaining a height between 6 and 10 meters; wood moderately hard; leaves broad, 13 cm long and 14 cm wide, rough; flowering March-April; fruit globose, 2.6 cm wide, weight 6.5 g, deep violet to black when ripe, sweet and juicy with a little astringency, overall fruit quality excellent; fruiting season second half of June to the first half of July; yield 20-25 kg per tree . . . According to some books on Indian medicinal plants, the fruits of the wild fig are demulcent and laxative. They are recommended as an item of diet in cases of constipation and in diseases of the lungs and bladder. These are also used as a poultice."

Ficus palmata Forssk.

Genus:

Ficus

Section:

Ficus

Family:

Moraceae

Tribe:

Ficeae

Nomen number:

16925

Place of publication:

Fl. aegypt.-arab. 179. 1775

Verified:

03/20/1991 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ficus pseudocarica Miq.
Ficus pseudosycomorus Decne.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
Arabic	hamat			2	Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt

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