Ficus nervosa is a tree in the family Moraceae which grows up to a height of 35 metres. It is native to tropical Asia (the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, and Malesia), southern China, and Taiwan, where it grows in lowland tropical moist forests. The tree is grown in coffee plantations for shade.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ficus nervosa being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ficus heteropleura
- Lithocarpus brevicaudatus
- Osmanthus matsumuranus
- Eustigma oblongifolium
- Ficus formosana
- Turpinia formosana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
- Species
- Ficus nervosa
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