Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq. [Moraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amakhiwani	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bithu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inkhokhokho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makiwani	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
monogani	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
monokane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mooma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nkuwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oyoo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oyugo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red-leaved fig	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red-leaved rock fig	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rooiblaarrotsvy	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rooiblaarvy	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tshikululu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umdende-obomvu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umkhiwane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umkhonswane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ficus ingens var. tomentosa Hutch. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(2): 530 (1925).
Ficus katagumica Hutch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 317 (1915).
Ficus kawuri Hutch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 319 (1915).
Urostigma ingens Miq. London J. Bot. 6: 554 (1847).
Ficus caffra (Miq.) Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 288 (1867).
Ficus caffra var. longipes Warb. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 140 (1906).
Ficus caffra var. natalensis Warb. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 140 (1906).
Ficus caffra var. pubicarpa Warb. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 140 (1906).
Ficus caffra var. sambesiaca Warb. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 140 (1906).
Ficus ingentoides Hutch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 319 (1915).
Ficus magenjensis Sim Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 99 (1909).
Ficus ovatocordata De Wild. Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 40(1): 281 (1921).
Ficus pondoensis Warb. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 140 (1906).
Ficus schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 266 (1850), nom. superfl.
Ficus stuhlmannii var. glabrifolia Warb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 162 (1895).
Ficus xanthophylla (Miq.) Martelli Fl. Bogos.: 76 (1886).
Urostigma caffrum Miq. Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 1: 141 (1849).
Urostigma xanthophyllum Miq. London J. Bot. 6: 554 (1847).
Urostigma xanthophyllum var. ovatocordatum Sond. Linnaea 23: 136 (1850).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq. var. ingens	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Ficus ingens (Miq.)Miq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ficus ingens Miq. tomentosa Hutch.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ficus ingens Miquel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ficus katagumica Hutch.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Ficus kawuri Hutch.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Urostigma ingens Miq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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