}}{{taxobox
|name = Dye fig
|image = Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa 10.JPG
|regnum = Plantae
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
|unranked_classis = Eudicots
|unranked_ordo = Rosids
|ordo = Rosales
|familia = Moraceae
|genus = Ficus
|species = F. tinctoria
|subspecies = F. tinctoria subsp. gibbosa
|trinomial = Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa
|trinomial_authority = (Blume) Corner
|synonyms = {{collapsible list | {{plainlist | style = margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; |- Ficus ampelas K.D.Koenig ex Roxb. nom. illeg.
- Ficus angulata Miq.
- Ficus angustata Miq.
- Ficus clarkei King
- Ficus cuneata Blume
- Ficus cuspidifera Miq.
- Ficus dodonaeifolia Zipp. ex Miq.
- Ficus excelsa Vahl
- Ficus gibbosa Blume
- Ficus gibbosa var. cuneata (Blume) Miq.
- Ficus gibbosa var. cuspidifera (Miq.) King
- Ficus gibbosa f. cuspidifera (Miq.) King
- Ficus gibbosa var. dodonaeifolia Miq.
- Ficus gibbosa var. latifolia Miq.
- Ficus gibbosa var. parasitica (J.Koenig ex Willd.) King
- Ficus gibbosa f. parasitica (J.Koenig ex Willd.) King
- Ficus gibbosa var. rigida Miq.
- Ficus gibbosa var. tuberculata (Roxb.) King
- Ficus gibbosa f. tuberculata (Roxb.) King
- Ficus gibbosa var. unigibba Miq.
- Ficus irregularis Steud.
- Ficus paradoxa Blume
- Ficus parasitica K.D.Koenig ex Willd.
- Ficus parasitica var. cuspidifera (Miq.) M.R.Almeida
- Ficus parasitica subsp. gibbosa (Blume) M.R.Almeida
- Ficus parasitica var. tuberculata (Roxb.) M.R.Almeida
- Ficus pereng Steud.
- Ficus pervia Miq.
- Ficus platypoda var. angustata (Miq.) Corner
- Ficus pseudobotryoides H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Ficus reticulata Thunb.
- Ficus rhomboidalis H.Lév. & Vaniot nom. illeg.
- Ficus rhomboidalis Vahl
- Ficus rigida Blume nom. illeg.
- Ficus scabriuscula Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.
- Ficus sclerophylla Roxb.
- Ficus subobliqua Miq.
- Ficus tinctoria var. cuspidifera (Miq.) Chithra
- Ficus tinctoria var. gibbosa (Blume) Corner
- Ficus tinctoria var. parasitica (Blume) Corner
- Ficus tinctoria subsp. parasitica (J.Koenig ex Willd.) Corner
- Ficus tinctoria var. rigida (Miq.) Corner
- Ficus tuberculata Roxb.
- Ficus volubilis (Dalzell) King
- Urostigma ampelos Dalzell & A.Gibson
- Urostigma excelsum Miq.
- Urostigma volubile Dalzell & A.Gibson
}} }}
|synonyms_ref = [2]
}}Ficus tinctoria, also known as dye fig, or humped fig is a hemiepiphytic tree of genus Ficus. It is also one of the species known as strangler fig.[3]It is found in Asia, Malesia, northern Australia, and the South Pacific islands.[3]
Palms are favorable host species. Root systems of dye fig can come together to be self sustaining but the epiphyte usually falls if the host tree dies or rots away.[1]
In Australia it is recorded as a medium-sized tree with smooth, oval green leaves.[3] It is found often growing in rocky areas or over boulders.[3] The leaves are asymmetrical.[8]
The small rust brown fruit of the dye fig are the source of a red dye used in traditional fabric making in parts of Oceania and Indonesia.
The fruit is also used for medicinal purposes.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
Subspecies
Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa is an accepted subspecies.[2]References
1. ^Liu W., Wang P., Li J., Liu Wenyao, and Li Hongmei (2014), Plasticity of source‐water acquisition in epiphytic, transitional and terrestrial growth phases of Ficus tinctoria, Ecohydrol., 7; pages 1524–1533, doi:10.1002/eco.1475
2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2812576|title=The Plant List: F. tinctoria subsp. gibbosa |access-date=22 April 2018}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 {{AustTRFPK6.1 |url= http://keys.trin.org.au:8080/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Ficus_tinctoria.htm |accessdate= 16 Mar 2013 }}
4. ^1 {{cite journal |title=The vegetation and flora of Lakeba, Nayau and Aiwa Islands, Central Lau Group, Fiji |author1=Janet Franklin |author2=Gunnar Keppel |author3=W. Arthur Whistler |year=2008 |journal=Micronesica |volume=40 |pages=169–225 |url= http://www.uog.edu/up/micronesica/dynamicdata/assetmanager/images/vol40/11%20franklin.pdf |deadurl=yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120213142144/http://www.uog.edu/up/micronesica/dynamicdata/assetmanager/images/vol40/11%20franklin.pdf |archivedate=2012-02-13 |df=}}