Cluster Fig - Moraceae Ficus racemosa

Family: Moraceae

Genus: Ficus

Species: racemosa

Eatable Part: Fleshy Fruit

Height: 15 Meters

Habit: Tree

Habitat: Riverene / SFR, Monsoon Vine Thicket

Distribution:

Tropical Australia, Papua New Guinea, Southeast Asia and India

Description

This is a beautiful tree found in riverene areas and monsoon forest landscapes, that grows into a huge specimen. It's distinctive fruit grow in clusters on the truk and branches of the tree.

Tasting Notes

The fruit, like many figs can be eaten when ripe and yellow, although they do not have a particularly strong flavour and taste a little fluffy, but some can dry out on the stem and be eaten like a dry fig. Often small insects/ flies are found inside the fruit, as this is also how they are polinated. It has been known to add sugar or flavourings and make these into dishes. The fruit also falls into creeks and is a food for turtles and fish.

Growing at Home

These can be propagated by seed.