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Japanese fig
Ficus erecta
Ficus erecta (syn. Ficus beecheyana), the Japanese fig, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae. It is found in the eastern Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, Vietnam, southern China, Taiwan, Jeju Island of South Korea, the Ryukyu Islands, and Japan. The species is a deciduous (or semideciduous) shrub or small tree, growing to a height of 2 to 7 m (7 to 23 ft), it is found alongside streams. It is reported to be dioecious, and produces small, sweet fruits that are 1.0 to 2.5 cm (0.4 to 1.0 in) in diameter. It is pollinated by the fig wasp Blastophaga nipponica.
From the article Ficus erecta on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
At the table
The fruit is eaten by local people. Its bark fibre can be used to make paper, and it is occasionally planted as an ornamental tree. It is highly resistant to Ceratocystis fimbriata, which causes Ceratocystis canker in the common fig Ficus carica, so its genome has been sequenced to aid in the breeding of resistant strains of F. carica.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 357816.