Can the fruit of the big fruit banyan be eaten?

Big banyan steamed bread, big fig, big papaya, etc., are trees or small trees of the genus Banyan of Moraceae, distributed in Vietnam, Pakistan, India and Chinese mainland's Sichuan, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places. They grow in moist rain forests in low mountains and valleys, but have not yet been artificially introduced and cultivated. Let's take a look at whether the fruit of the big banyan can be eaten.

Can you eat big banyan fruit?

Big figs can be eaten. The big fruit banyan has fruit almost all the year round, and the flesh is about 0.5-0.8 cm thick. It tastes sweet, the meat is crisp, it can be eaten fresh, and it can also make candied fruit or salted licorice cold fruit, etc., but the flesh of the big fruit banyan male plant is dry and cannot be eaten.

Distribution of producing areas of Ficus davidiana

Banyan grows in tropical and subtropical valley forests at an altitude of 50 to 1500 meters, and is distributed in Vietnam, Pakistan, India and Chinese mainland's Sichuan, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

Morphological characteristics of Ficus macrocarpa

1. The big fruit banyan is an evergreen tree with a height of 3 to 10 meters, a broad crown, brown and rough bark and hairy young branches.

2. The leaves of big fruit banyan are alternate, thinly leathery, broadly ovate to ovoid, apex truncate, base cordate, mostly entire.

3. The hidden head inflorescence of big fruit banyan is born on leafless short branches or tree trunks, top-shaped, pear-shaped or oblate, reddish brown or purplish brown.

4. The big fruit banyan is unisexual, the male flower and the gall flower grow together in one inflorescence receptacle, while the male flower grows in another inflorescence receptacle.