Ficus palmata Forssk. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Ficus

Section:

Ficus

Family:

Moraceae

Tribe:

Ficeae

Nomen number:

16925

Place of publication:

Fl. aegypt.-arab. 179. 1775

Verified:

03/20/1991 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Ficus pseudocarica Miq.

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Reference(s)

Berg, C. C. 1990. Annotated check-list of the Ficus species of the African floristic region, with special reference and a key to the taxa of southern Africa. Kirkia 13:253-254.
Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
Bruun-Lund, S. et al. 2017. First plastid phylogenomic study reveals potential cyto-nuclear discordance in the evolutionary history of Ficus L. (Moraceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 109:93-104.
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope. 1996-. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra.
Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Whittemore, A. T. 2006. Notes on southwestern Moraceae. Sida 22:769-775.
Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.

Common names

Arabic
hamat –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Eritrea
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Somalia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Egypt		s.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Oman	Al Batinah North
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Egypt	Sinai
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Israel
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Jordan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India		n. & n.w.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan

Native
Africa

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman [Al Batinah North], Saudi Arabia
WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Israel, Jordan

Asia-Tropical

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	fruit		Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6