medium-sized evergreen tree ; up to 12-15 m tall , with smooth , grey bark and white latex . Stems pale brown , branching from the base ; young branches pubescent to glabrous . Leaves 5-20(-25) cm long x 1-6 cm across , alternate , rarely subopposite , spirally arranged , on long pale stalks , lance-shaped , apex acute to acuminate , margin entire or obscurely undulate , base rounded , ± leathery , glabrous , shiny green with a paler midrib , petiolate . Inflorsecences (figs) axillary , solitary or in pairs , borne amongst or just behind the leaves . Flowers minute , grow within the fruit , monoecious ; male flowers essile , perianth 3-lobed , stamen solitary ; female flowers sessile , perianth 3-4-lobed , style equalling ovary , stigma linear ; gall flowers shortly pedicellate , perianth 3-4-lobed , style short , stigma linear . Fruit 1-3 , U-shaped or round , green , resembling the common fig , but smaller , often with pale-green spots , orange-red to deep red when ripe . (Ref . Plants of Dhofar) .
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Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia (Vahl) C.C.Berg
Ficus indica Forssk.
Urostigma salicifolium (Vahl) Miq.
This tree is propagated by seeds and stem cuttings. Steps to follow: 1. Seed propagation: • Sow collected seeds in seed tray filled with a ratio of 3 peat moss: 1 compost, 5 cm apart. • Irrigate the seed tray three times a week. • Germination commences from 10–26 days. Seed germination of this species is low. 2. Cutting propagation: • For stem cutting propagation, use semi-mature cuttings with at least 5 nodes. • For better rooting, use cutting hormone, and plant in long root trainer or pots filled with a ratio of 1 peat moss: 3 perlites: 1 compost. • Leave cutting on a bench with mist irrigation. • Stem rooting can vary from 26–23 days, with average rooting around 26%.
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Willow-Leaved Fig
Wild Fig
Wonderboom
Wonderboom Fig
In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "The fresh fruit are regarded as being toxic to man and to his livestock as long as they are still on the branch, but those that have ripened and fallen to the ground are eaten by livestock (and were by man too in hard times) with no apparent ill effects. Eating the fruit fresh from the tree is said to cause 'madness': fits, tremors, shaking, staggering and so on, in bothy livestock and man. Slivers of the under bark [J: nefgot] were pounded to a paste and applied to festering sores and weeping skin abrasions. The under bark was also stripped and separated into strands which were twisted and rolled between the fingers and on the thigh to make threads, mostly used by women to bind and extend their plaits [J: ziforte] when dressing their hair. An offensively smelling and tainted
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*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. *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 *http://pza.sanbi.org *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
