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Ficus ulmifolia Lamk

MORACEAE

Philippines: isis (Tagalog), agupit (Bikol), apas (Igorot).

Endemic in the Philippines.

The fruits are edible, but have little flavour; sometimes eaten with sugar and cream. The hard and rough leaves are used to clean cooking utensils and to scour wood.

Shrub or small tree, 3—5 m tall. Leaves variable in shape, 9—17 cm x 4—8 cm. Fruit a fig, subglobose, about 1.5 cm long, orange-red to purple, axillary, solitary or in pairs. In thickets and open places, up to 1500 m altitude.

[8]Brown, W.H., 1951–1957. Useful plants of the Philippines. Reprint of the 1941–1943 ed. 3 Volumes. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Technical Bulletin 10. Bureau of Printing, Manila, the Philippines.
[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.
[54]Merrill, E.D., 1923–1925. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 4 Volumes. Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Printing, Manila.

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen

Jansen, P.C.M., Jukema, J., Oyen, L.P.A. & van Lingen, T.G., 1991. Ficus ulmifolia Lamk. 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