Record Number
5428
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers
Taxon
Ficus racemosa L.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Ficus in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Ficus in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Synonyms
Ficus glomerata Roxb., Ficus semicostata F.M. Bailey, Ficus vesca F. v. Mueller ex Miq.
Vernacular Names
Blue fig, figwood, red river fig (En). Indonesia: arah (Madura), lo (Javanese), lowa (Sundanese). Laos: dua1 kièng2. Burma (Myanmar): mayen. Thailand: duea kliang (central, northern), duea nam (peninsular), maduea uthumphon (central).
Distribution
From Ethiopia to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea and northern Australia.
Author(s)
M.S.M. Sosef
Correct Citation of this Article
Sosef, M.S.M., 1998. Ficus racemosa L.. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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