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Ficus palmata
Also called Wild Himalayan Fig
Ficus palmata, commonly known as Punjab fig or "Bedu", is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae. It is a shrub or tree native to southern Egypt to north-eastern tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and southeastern Iran to Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, and Nepal. It has edible fruit.
Ficus palmata is native to north-eastern Africa from southeastern Egypt south to Somalia, to the Sinai, southern Levant, and Arabian Peninsula, and from southeastern Iran to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India to Nepal.
In the Himalayan region, its fruit is widely sold and consumed.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ficus palmata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
