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Identification
Ficus sur Forssk. [family MORACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ficus sur
Common name
  • ibé (JB) (SENEGAL, BADYARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • bu rirun (JB) ku bun (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • dièntèd (JB) ki bundal (K&A) si bundèl (JB) (SENEGAL, BANYUN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • petit sycomore (Bailleul)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • a-nak (K&A) a-nak o gva (JB) (SENEGAL, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • défay (JB) (SENEGAL, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • fig; bush fig; fig of Heaven (from Mandinka, Wolof, The Gambia, Percival)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • ba-nák (K&A) ga-nák (JB; FG&G) (SENEGAL, BEDIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • brozi (JB) bruzi (JB) (SENEGAL, BALANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

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Entry for Ficus sur Forssk. [family MORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 4
Names
Ficus capensis Thunb. [family MORACEAE]
Ficus mallotocarpa Warb. [family MORACEAE]
Ficus sur Forssk. [family MORACEAE]
Common names
English fig; bush fig; fig of Heaven (from Mandinka, Wolof, The Gambia, Percival). French petit sycomore (Bailleul). SENEGAL: BADYARA ibé (JB) BALANTA brozi (JB) bruzi (JB) BANYUN dièntèd (JB) ki bundal (K&A) si bundèl (JB) BASARI a-nak (K&A) a-nak o gva (JB) BEDIK ba-nák (K&A) ga-nák (JB; FG&G) CRIOULO défay (JB) DIOLA bu rirun (JB) ku bun (JB) DIOLA (Ba
Uses
(bark, young leaf, aerial root, fruit) Food: general (bark, young leaf) Food: special diets (bark, fruit) Food: masticatory (bark-sap, leaf) Medicines: generally healing (leaf) Medicines: pain-killers (bark-sap) Medicines: eye treatments (bark, leaf) Medicines: naso-pharyngeal affections (bark, root) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (fruit) Medicines: laxatives, etc. (bark, leaf, root) Medicines: diarrhoea, dysentery (bark, leaf) Medicines: kidneys, diuretics (bark) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (leaf, fruit) Medicines: genital stimulants/depressants (root, fruit) Medicines: menstrual cycle (root, fruit) Medicines: pregnancy, antiaborifacients (bark, young leaf, root, fruit, seed) Medicines: lactation stimulants (incl. veterinary) (root) Medicines: abortifacients, ecbolics (bark, bark-sap, root) Medicines: venereal diseases (bark) Medicines: fabrifuges (bark, fruit) Medicines: leprosy (bark-sap) Medicines: yaws (root) Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout (bark, root, fruit) Medicines: malnutrition, debility (fruit) Medicines: food poisoning Medicines: antidotes (venomous stings, bites, etc.) (fruit) Medicines: paralysis, epilepsy, convulsions, spasm (bark) Phytochemistry: glycosides, saponims, steroids (bark) Phytochemistry: tannins, astringents (bark) Phytochemistry: alkaloids Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended (fruit (wild animals, birds)) Agri-horticulture: fodder Agri-horticulture: indicators (soil, water) (wood, poles) Products: building materials (bark) Products: fibre (bark) Products: dyes, stains, inks, tattoos and mordants Products: carpentry and related applications Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus (wood, sticks) Products: fuel and lighting Products: household, domestic and personal items (fruit) Products: pastimes-carving, musical instruments, games, toys, etc. Social: religion, superstitions, magic
Products
: Figfrench: sycomore, petitfrench: Petit sycomoreenglish: Bush figenglish: Fig, bushenglish: Fig of Heavenenglish: Heaven, fig of
Description
A tree of variable height (Senegal: 4–6 m, 14; Nigeria: 6–9 m, 36) up to 20 m or more, trunk to 1∙2 m or over in girth, with spherical crown, often low-branching; of open and wooded Soudano-guinean savanna and secondary jungle, by water-courses; from Sene
References
References:1. Abbiw, 1990: 47, 140, 146, 170, 197, as Ficus capensis. 2. Adegoke & al., 1968: as F. capensis. 3. Ampofo, 1983: 24, 25, 33, 34, 53, 54, as F. capensis. 4. Amshoff 6014, K. 5. Ariwaodo ARS.1260, K. 6. Ash 1628, K. 7. Aubréville, 1950: 342, a
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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