Ficus dammaropsis
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| Ficus dammaropsis showing large synconium (flower) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Species: | F. dammaropsis |
| Binomial name | |
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Ficus dammaropsis Diels |
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| Synonyms | |
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Dammaropsis kingiana |
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Dammaropsis kingiana
Ficus dammaropsis, kapiak (Tok Pisin), or highland breadfruit (English), is tropical fig tree with huge pleated leaves 60 cm across. It is native to the highlands and highlands fringe of New Guinea. It generally grows at altitudes of between 800 and 2750 metres; its extreme range is from sea level to 2820 m. Its fruit is edible but rarely eaten except as an emergency food (Bourke nd:4, 11). The young leaves are pickled or cooked and eaten as a vegetable with pig meat (Kambuou 1996:22).
With its bold tropical leaves and relative tolerance of cold, F. dammaropsis is in demand as an ornamental tree in frost-free climates.
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