LOWA ( Ficus racemosa L )

 LOWA
Ficus racemosa L.

Moraceae
Vernacular names: blue fig, figwood (Eng.); Indonesia: Madurese: arah;
Javanese: lo; Myanmar: mayen; Thailand: duea kliang, duea nam, maduea
uthumphon
Geographical distribution: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indochina,
southern China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo,
Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands
Uses: for temporary construction, mouldings, interior work, laundry tubs, fruit
crates, firewood
Life form and origin: tree, indigenous plant

The one of five hundred plant species in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, West Java


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