Deciduous , large much branched shrub or small tree ; up to 8 m tall , with smooth , grey-white bark and white latex . Stems smooth , grey or brownish-grey ; young shoots reddish-brown , puberulous to glabrescent . Leaves variable in size and lobation , 5-8 x 4-7 cm , palmately 3-5 lobed , sometimes deeply palmately 3-5-lobed with each linear lobe further dissected irregularly , rarely lobation obscure , apex acute to rounded , base truncate or cordate , margin obscurely dentate to serrate , sinuate , 3-5 nerved at the base , scabrous to smooth , coriaceous , petiolate . Inflorescences (figs) 1-2 , in the leaf axils . Flowers minute , green , grow within the fruit , monoecious ; male ostiolar , pedicellate ; sepals whitish , 4 . 5 , thin , free , stamens 2 ; female numerous , subsessile ; sepals 5 , free ; ovary ± triangular , style long , stigma bifid . Fruit fig 1-2 , pyriform to subglobose , pubescent , green , ripening pale-purple . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Common
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Ficus carica var. johannis (Boiss.) Hausskn
This tree is propagated by seeds. Steps to follow: • Sow collected seeds in seed tray filled with a ratio of 3 peat moss: 1 compost. • Irrigate the seed tray three times a week. • Germination commences from 22 days onward. Seed germination of this species is low and germination is around 45% (based on one trial).
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Mountain Fig
In the Eastern Hajar Mountains, the fruit is edible. The green fruit is pounded with pepper and salt. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden). In Omani studies: Ghazanfar (2003) wrote that: "The shoots are heavily grazed by goats and camels". (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 *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *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. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
