Ficus palmata
A deciduous shrub or small tree up to about 10 m tall from dry scrub and hill country from north-east Africa and Arabia to the Himalaya. It has rough, broad, often lobed leaves and small edible figs that turn purplish when ripe and are widely eaten in the Himalaya. It is a hardy, sun-loving fig that wants a cool, leafless winter rest.
Where it grows wild
It grows in tropical and subtropical dry shrubland, on rocky hillsides, in ravines and along watercourses, and around Himalayan villages. It is a plant of open, sunny places.
Floras give 1000–2400 m. Measured records span 0–2630 m, median 1820 m; lowland records are mostly from India and are probably planted or misidentified.
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