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Ficus grossularioides
In Singapore: Ara Putih, White-leaved Fig, 白叶榕 (Native to Singapore, Least Concern)
Ficus grossularioides is a small dioecious evergreen tree or shrub of Southeast Asian wet tropical forests, with thin, velvety, serrated leaves and small green-to-yellow figs. It is rarely cultivated, as it is usually collected from wild plants.
Ficus grossularioides, the white-leaved fig, is a species of flowering plant that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family, it is native to Southeast Asia.
The species can be found in Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.
The species is not usually cultivated as it is a commonly found plant and all products from it are collected from wild plants, traditional medicine uses latex against scorpion stings and leaf extract (decoction) is used against kidney complaints. Young shoots are reported to be edible and can be eaten raw.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ficus grossularioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
