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

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

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

Large leaves of a ficus dammaropsis or dinner-plate fig tree

Ficus dammaropsis, is a tropical fig tree with huge pleated leaves. It is native to the highlands and highlands fringe of New Guinea. It generally grows at altitudes of between 850 and 2,750 metres . 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.