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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Fig in Australia is the name of a plant defined with Ficus microcarpa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Urostigma amblyphyllum Miquel (among others).

2) Fig is also identified with Ficus virgata It has the synonym Ficus philippinensis fo. setibracteata (Elmer) Sata (etc.).

3) Fig in English is also identified with Ficus carica It has the synonym Ficus carica L. subsp. rupestris (Boiss.) Browicz (etc.).

4) Fig is also identified with Ficus copiosa It has the synonym Ficus magnifolia F. Muell. (etc.).

5) Fig is also identified with Ficus septica It has the synonym Ficus haulii Blanco (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1859)
· Leaflets of Philippine Botany (1906)
· Phytochemistry (3327)
· The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore (1959)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1910)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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