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Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

Smooth, brown, grapefruit size fruits on the trunk. I know figs fruit from the trunk but I've never seen a Ficus like this.

Habitat:

rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this tree in Ankasa National park.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Dan Doucette
Thanks. You're right, they do have a similar shape.
yulia8473
I know it is not the same but look what I found http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6951681
yulia8473
I am not planning to try them but still interesting)))
Dan Doucette
I guess that's a possibility. To me they looked too perfect to be galls. Also the small indentation in them makes me think they are a fruit.
HemaShah
dandoucette, are these fruits ? Could they possibly Galls?
Dan Doucette
Yes, I believe they are the fruits. As for eating them to survive, I'm not sure about that. Not all fruits are edible. It would have to be a pretty rough situation to experiment with eating unknown fruits.
yulia8473
are they actually fruits? can you eat them? and survive..

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PublishedJune 18, 2011

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