Ficus nymphaeifolia is a strangler fig of the tropical Americas. It is native to Central America from Guatemala to Panama, northern South America to Bolivia and central Brazil, and the Lesser Antilles and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. Growing up to 35 metres (115 ft) tall, the habitat is coastal plains, savannah and rainforest. This plant first appeared in scientific literature in 1768. Published in The Gardeners Dictionary by the English botanist, Philip Miller from specimens collected in the Caribbean. Latex from the plant may be used in the form of a plaster, to treat sprains and fractures and cuts to the body, to offer relief from pain and to protect a wound from infection.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ficus nymphaeifolia 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
- Species
- Ficus nymphaeifolia
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