Table 3 Details regarding eight fig species and their usefulness as food, medicine, and any related conservation practices for 114 informants from five ethnic groups in Southern Shan State, Myanmar
From: The uses of fig (Ficus) by five ethnic minority communities in Southern Shan State, Myanmar
Botanical name | Growth habit | Primary harvest period | Edible parts | Vernacular names | Voucher number | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burmese (English translation) | Danu | Intha | Pa-O | Shan | |||||
F. auriculata Lour. | Small tree (5-10 m) | February–March | Young leaves | Sin-tha-phan (elephant fig) | Phak-ohn/ Phak-wah | Phak-ohn/ Phak-wah | Phak-ohn/ Phak-wah | Phak-ohn/ Phak-wah | EBF 1804 EBF 1813 EBF 1807 |
October–December and July–August | Ripe female fig and young green fig | ||||||||
F. concinna (Miq.) Miq. | Tree (< 10 m) | February–April | Young leaves | Nyaung-thabye, Nyaung-pan | Nyaung- Thabye | - | - | Mike-nyaung | EBF 1805 |
F. geniculata Kurz | Large tree (< 20 m) | February–March | Young leaf buds | Nyaung-chin | Nyaung-chin | Nyaung-chin | Kharone | Phak-hee | EBF 1815 EBF 1812 |
F. hispida L.f. | Small tree (5–10 m) | March–April, the whole year | Young leaves | Kha-aung, Pha-aung | Kha-aung |  |  |  | EBF 1809 |
The whole year, October–November | Ripe fig and young green fig | ||||||||
F. racemosa L. | Large tree (< 20 m) | February–March | Young leaves | Tha-phan | Tha-phan | Tha-phan | Phak-de | Mike-lay/ Phak-lay | EBE 1810 EBF 1811 |
October–December and July–August | Ripe fig and young green fig | ||||||||
F. religiosa L. | Tree (15–30 m) | February–March | Young leaves | Nyaung-bawdi (sacred fig) | Nyaung-taw | Nyaung-ni | Nyaung-ni | Mike-nyaung/ Phak-nyaung | EBF 1803 |
F. semicordata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. | Tree (< 10 m) | October–December, June–August | Ripe female figs | Kadut | Kadut | Thadut | Thadut | Thadut | EBF 1802 |
F. virens Aiton | Large tree (< 20 m) | February–March | Young leaf buds | Nyaung-chin | Nyaung-chin | Nyaung-chin | Kharone | Phak-hee | EBF 1801 EBF 1808 |