Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.
Ficus grossularioides Burm. f. Moraceae. CN: [Malay - Ara perak; Indonesia - Kebek, Modang susu, Kelumpong burung, Sepedeh jantan; Borneo - Kupan, Lengkan], White-leaved fig. Native to Thailand, Malesia (Indonesia - Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra; Malaysia). Treelet up to 7 m tall and 6 cm dbh. Stem with white sap. Stipules ca. 12 mm long, glabrous to hairy. Leaves alternate, simple to tri-lobed, whitish below, glabrous to hairy below. Fruits ca. 11 mm diameter, yellow-orange-red, fleshy figs placed along the twigs. Latex is used against scorpion bites. Young shoots are eaten raw. Leaves (decoction) are used against kidney complaints. Synonym(s):
Ficus alba Reinw. ex Blume [=
Ficus grossularioides var.
grossularioides]
Ficus alba Reinw. ex Blume
Ficus alba var.
gossypina Kuntze
Ficus alba var.
mappan (Miq.) Miq.
Ficus alba var.
nudinervis Kuntze
Ficus chloroleuca Miq.
Ficus gossypina Wall. ex Miq.
Ficus gossypina forma
integrifolia Miq.
Ficus gossypina forma
lobata Miq.
Ficus hunteri Miq.
Ficus lobata Hunter ex Ridl.
Ficus mappan Miq.
Ficus nivea Blume
Ficus palmata Roxb.Ref and suggested reading:
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16852www.asianplant.net/Moraceae/Ficus_grossularioides.htmwww.cifor.org/publications/pdf_files/Books/BPriyadi1001.pdfms.w
