huge leaves and fruit dinner plate fig tree ficus dammaropsis native new guinea

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Close up of the huge leaves and fruit of a dinner-plate fig tree (ficus dammaropsis), native to New Guinea Royalty Free Stock Photo

Huge leaves and fruit of a dinner-plate fig tree (ficus dammaropsis), native to New Guinea Royalty Free Stock Photo

Huge leaves of a ficus dammaropsis or dinner-plate fig tree Royalty Free Stock Photo

Large leaves of a ficus dammaropsis or dinner-plate fig tree Royalty Free Stock Photo

Huge leaves and fruit of a dinner-plate fig tree (ficus dammaropsis), native to New Guinea

Huge pleated leaves of a ficus dammaropsis or dinner-plate fig tree native to New Guinea Royalty Free Stock Photo

Ficus dammaropsis, also known as kapiak, is a tropical fig tree with huge pleated leaves. It is native to the highlands and highlands fringe of New Guinea. Its fruit, the world's largest figs (syconia) are edible but rarely eaten except as an emergency food. The young leaves are pickled or cooked and eaten as a vegetable with pig meat by highlanders.