Record Number
1661
PROSEA Handbook Number
2: Edible fruits and nuts
Taxon
Ficus sinuata Thunb.
Family
MORACEAE
Synonyms
Ficus rostrata Lamk, Ficus cuspidata Reinw. ex Blume.
Vernacular Names
Indonesia: gagareman, peer (Sundanese), sipadi (Sumatra). Malaysia: mepai, kesenai.
Distribution
India (Assam), Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Borneo).
Uses
The small fruits are considered very tasty.
Observations
Shrub, often epiphytic, 2—4 m tall. Leaves elliptic-oblong to subobovate, 5—20 cm x 2—8 cm. Fruit a fig, axillary, subglobose, about 1 cm diameter, orange-red, usually 2—6 together. In not too dry forest, up to 1500 m altitude. Subspecies cuspidata (Reinw. ex Blume) Corner is less branched and has broader leaves. It occurs only in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Selected Sources
[3]Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C., 1963–1968. Flora of Java. 3 Volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands.
[10]Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd ed. 2 Volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2444 pp.
[12]Corner, E.J.H., 1965. Check-list of Ficus in Asia and Australasia with keys to identification. The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 21: 1–186.
[13]Corner, E.J.H., 1988. Wayside trees of Malaya. 3rd ed. 2 Volumes. The Malaysian Nature Society. United Selangor Press, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 774 pp.
[26]Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlandsch Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd ed. 3 Volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch Indië. 1953 pp.
[10]Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd ed. 2 Volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2444 pp.
[12]Corner, E.J.H., 1965. Check-list of Ficus in Asia and Australasia with keys to identification. The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 21: 1–186.
[13]Corner, E.J.H., 1988. Wayside trees of Malaya. 3rd ed. 2 Volumes. The Malaysian Nature Society. United Selangor Press, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 774 pp.
[26]Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlandsch Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd ed. 3 Volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch Indië. 1953 pp.
Author(s)
P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen
Correct Citation of this Article
Jansen, P.C.M., Jukema, J., Oyen, L.P.A. & van Lingen, T.G., 1991. Ficus sinuata Thunb.. In: Verheij, E.W.M. and Coronel, R.E. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 2: Edible fruits and nuts. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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