Naturalised
Small deciduous tree or large shrub ; up to 9 m tall , with smooth , grey bark and milky sap . Stems grey , branching from the base . Leaves alternate , variable in size and shape , 3-15 x 3-15(-17) cm , obscurely 3-5-lobed or palmatifid , lobes obtuse , margin entire to dentate , glabrous to tomentose , coriaceous , 5-nerved at the base , nerves soft hairy beneath ; stipules falling soon leaving a scar . Inflorsecences (fig) axillary , solitary or in pairs . Flowers minute , green , grow within the fruit , monoecious . Fruit fig , obovoid to pyriform , sessile to subsessile or pedunculated , subtended by 3-4 deltoid bracts , green , ripening yellow-brown to purplish-brown , with sweet , soft , reddish flesh . Seeds numerous . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Mediterranean
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Fig
Edible Fig
Common Fig
Common Fig Tree
In Omani studies: Ghazanfar (2003) wrote that: "The fruit is eaten as a general tonic, laxative and diuretic. It is often prescribed by traditional healers for kidney problems". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.1).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.nparks.gov.sg *https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction.
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