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r. cunia Buch.-Ham. 



Tropical Asia. The fruit is eaten.* 



F. erecta Thunb. 



Himalayas, China and Japan. In Japan, the small figs are sometimes eaten.* 



F. forskalaei Vahl. 



Tropical Arabia. The fruit is not agreeable but is eaten. 



F. glomerata Roxb. 



A large tree of tropical eastern Asia. The ripe fruit is eaten. In times of scarcity, 

 the vmripe fruit is pounded, mixed with flour and made into cakes.' In the Konckans, 

 the natives sometimes eat the fruit which outwardly resembles the common fig.* The 

 fruit is edible but insipid and is usually found full of insects. In Cebu, in times of drought, 

 the inhabitants have no other resources for water than cutting the root.' 



F. granatum Forst. f. 



New Hebrides. A tropical species with fruit that is eaten.' 



F. heterophylla Linn. f. 



Tropical Asia. The fruit is eaten by the natives of India.' 



F. hirta Vahl. 



Tropical Asia and Malay. The fruit is eaten by the natives of India.' 



F. infectoria Roxb. 



Tropical Asia and Malay. The fruit, in racemes, is nearly round, of a reddish color 

 when ripe, and about the size of a small plum. It is eaten by the common people.' 



F. palmata Forsk. 



Tropical Asia, Arabia and East Indies. In the hills of India, this fig is eaten largely 

 and is succulent, sweet and pleasant.^" 



F. persica Boiss. 



A shrub found wild about Shiraz, Persia. The fruit is edible but not very palatable." 



F. religiosa Linn, peepul. sacred fig. 



East Indies. In central India, the young leaf-buds are eaten as a vegetable by the 

 Hill Tribes in times of scarcity.'^ 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 421. 1874. 



Thunberg, C. P. Trav. y.62. 1796. 



'Brandis, D. Forest Fl. ^22. 1874. 



< Pickering, C. Chrnn. Hist. Pis. 414. 1879. 



Ibid. 



Unger, F. U. S. Pal. Off. Rpl. 332. 1859. 



'Royle, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:337. 1839. 



Ibid. 



Ainslie, W. Mat. Incl. 2:30. 1826. 

 "Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 419. 1876. 



" Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 332- I859- 

 "Brandis, D. Fore.'st Fl. 415. 1876. 



