Moraceae
Ficus

Ficus insipida Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1143 (1806), nom. cons.
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

Descriptions

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 0 - 2850 m.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.
Morphology General Habit
Tree.
Vernacular
Cumacanae (Guahibo), lipanae (Guahibo), bibosi, cocoba, ira, sacha ojó, copei.
[UPB]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
bamba, bibrán, caucho, caucho menudito, chanchama, chanchinguba, chibechí, copé, copey, higuerón, matapalo, ojé, ojé blanco, renaco de agua, suan, vivosí, yanchama ojé
[UNAL]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61886011/143296405

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2850 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Árbol
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–2850 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Tree.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Bibosi, Cachinguba, Caucho, Caucho menudito, Chibechi, Cocoba, Cope higuerón, Copei, Cumacanae, Damagua, Ficus, Gomelero, Higuerón, Higueroncillo
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Eaten by wild animals (Carvajal et al. 2014).
Use Fuel Fuelwood
Used as fuelwood (Carvajal et al. 2014).
Use Materials
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Materials Fibres
Bark - Used to make hats, fabrics, fans, purses, belts and for crafts (Linares et al. 2008).
Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
Used for construction (Carvajal et al. 2014).
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (Instituto Humboldt 2014).
Use Social
'Roots' - The bark is used by indigenous people in the Colombian Amazon to make yanchama fibre canvases, drawings, costumes and ceremonial masks (Carvajal et al. 2014).
[UPB]

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Fuel
Used for fuels.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
Use Social
Social uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

Spanish
Cachinguba, caucho, caucho menudito, chibechi, higuerón, yanchama, leche de casingua, leche de higuerón menudito, ojó, lechero, ficus, gomelero, higueroncillo, cope higuerón, copei.

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/