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  • COMMON NAME: Mountain fig, Afghan Fig.
  • ARABIC: تين فارسي
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Ficus johannis Boiss
  • SYNONYMS: F. persica Boiss
  • FAMILY: MORACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fruits (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Tree
  • HABITATS: Wadi Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony)
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP).
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.flickr.com/photos/helicongus/14844394056 Vyacheslav V. Byalt, Mikhail V. Korshunov and Vladimir M. Korshunov. 2020. The Fujairah Scientific Herbarium – a new herbarium in the United Arab Emirates. Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Fig is a good source of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. Prevention of constipation. Anticancer. Weight loss. Lower cholesterol. Prevention of coronary heart disease. Prevention of colon cancer. Antibacterial and Antifungal. Prevention of hypertension. Strengthens Bones. Relief for throat pain. Sap used to remove warts.
Small tree or sometimes shrubby and branching from base; bark brown, more or less smooth. Buds glabrous. Leaves alternate, 4-10 cm long and 3-6 cm broad, nearly palmate or with 3-5 lobes, each lobe with a lobed or dentate margin with clear midrib and veins; scarbous or hairy on both surfaces; petiole 3 cm long, hairy. Fig 1-1.4 cm in diameter, pendulate, almost fleshy, globular, variously colored. Flowering from June to November.
mountain slopes, plantations, wadi and gravelly soil.
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