Ficus tinctoria
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Ficus tinctoria, also known as dye fig, or humped fig is a hemiepiphytic tree of genus Ficus. It is also one of the species known as strangler fig.[1]
It is found in Asia, Malesia, northern Australia, and the South Pacific islands.[1] It grows in moist valleys.[2]
Palms are favorable host species. Root systems of dye fig can come together to be self sustaining but the epiphyte usually falls if the host tree dies or rots away.[3]
In Australia it is recorded as a medium-sized tree with smooth, oval green leaves.[1] It is found often growing in rocky areas or over boulders.[1] The leaves are asymmetrical.[4]
The small rust brown fruit of the dye fig are the source of a red dye used in traditional fabric making in parts of Oceania and Indonesia.
The fruit is also edible and constitute as a major food source in the low-lying atolls of Micronesia and Polynesia.[5]
Subspecies
Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa is an accepted subspecies.[6]
Gallery
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Leaves and mature fruit
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Branch leaf pattern
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Mature tree
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Fruits, asymmetric leaf with vein offset to one side.
References
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