Record Number
2257
PROSEA Handbook Number
8: Vegetables
Taxon
Ficus fistulosa Reinw. ex Blume
Family
MORACEAE
Synonyms
Ficus repandifolia Elmer.
Vernacular Names
Common yellow stem fig (En). Indonesia: benying (Sundanese), lolo (Javanese), kujajing (Kalimantan). Malaysia: kedebu, ara serapat, kelampong bukit. Philippines: tibig (Tagalog), siau (Bicol), basikong (Manobo). Thailand: ching-khao, ching-ban (southern). Vietnam: sung b[oo]ng.
Distribution
From India to southern China and throughout Malesia.
Uses
Young fruits and shoots are eaten raw as a vegetable.
Observations
Evergreen tree, 7—15 m tall, with yellow latex. Leaf-blade elliptical to obovate, 7—33 cm x 2—15 cm, entire or shallowly serrate, thinly coriaceous; petiole 1—6 cm long. Fruit a fig, globular or broadly ellipsoid, 1.5—3 cm in diameter; fruit stalk up to 4 cm long; in fascicles on stem and thick branches. In open forest, forest-edges, in hedges and thickets, up to 2100 m altitude.
Selected Sources
[7]Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr, R.C., 1963–1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands. Vol.1 (1963) 647 pp., Vol.2 (1965) 641 pp., Vol. 3 (1968) 761 pp.
[20]Burkill, I.H., 1935. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2 volumes. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London, United Kingdom. 2402 pp. (slightly revised reprint, 1966. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives,
[24]Corner, E.J.H., 1965. Checklist of Ficus in Asia and Australasia with keys to identification. The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 21(1): 1–186.
[26]Corner, E.J.H., 1988. Wayside trees of Malaya. 3rd edition. 2 volumes. The Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
[44]Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlandsch Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd edition. 3 volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch Indië. 1953 pp. (3rd edition, 1950. van Hoeve, 's-G
[66]Ochse, J.J. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C., 1980. Vegetables of the Dutch East Indies. 3rd English edition (translation of 'Indische groenten', 1931). Asher & Co., Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 1016 pp.
[20]Burkill, I.H., 1935. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2 volumes. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London, United Kingdom. 2402 pp. (slightly revised reprint, 1966. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives,
[24]Corner, E.J.H., 1965. Checklist of Ficus in Asia and Australasia with keys to identification. The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 21(1): 1–186.
[26]Corner, E.J.H., 1988. Wayside trees of Malaya. 3rd edition. 2 volumes. The Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
[44]Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlandsch Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd edition. 3 volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch Indië. 1953 pp. (3rd edition, 1950. van Hoeve, 's-G
[66]Ochse, J.J. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C., 1980. Vegetables of the Dutch East Indies. 3rd English edition (translation of 'Indische groenten', 1931). Asher & Co., Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 1016 pp.
Author(s)
M.H. van den Bergh
Correct Citation of this Article
Van den Bergh, M.H., 1993. Ficus fistulosa Reinw. ex Blume. In: Siemonsma, J.S and Piluek, K (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 8: Vegetables. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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