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Sandpaper Fig Ficus Coronata

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Ficus Coro­na­ta

Also know as the Sand­pa­per Fig.

Aller­gen Peo­ple who have latex aller­gies may havre issues with the rich thick sap of the fig tree.

The fruit is tiny, only around 1.5 cm and deli­cious and sweet. The Sand­pa­per fig is found along river­banks and in moist cov­ered gul­lies along the East Coast of Aus­tralia from Mack­ay in the north­ern trop­ics of Queens­land and as far as New South Wales to the south on the snowy moun­tain bor­der with Vic­to­ria.

-The Sand­pa­per Fig, Ficus Coro­na­ta is native to Aus­tralia. It grows in river­banks, by bill­abongs and in gul­lies. The leaves were used as sand­pa­per by the indi­geoius pop­u­la­tion. ‑Fig Leaf is proven to low­er blood sug­ar lev­els and is high­ly ben­e­fi­cial to dia­bet­ics. 3 cups dai­ly. ‑Sand­pa­per fig leaves, roots and fruits have been used to treat diarhoea and dysen­tary, influen­za, fevers, skin rash­es and aches. ‑The latex sap has been used to treat skin warts, skin can­cers and ring­worm. ‑The bark of the Sand­pa­per Fig was used to make string the fruit is often sub­ject to fig wasp… *grins .. it is an amaz­ing process where the girl wasp bur­rows in to a fig los­ing her wings on the way, pol­li­nat­ing the fig and then starts lay­ing her eggs. When the eggs hatch, the males hatch first and they dont have wings. Lat­er the females hatch, the males are pret­ty horny by then and they mate with all their sis­ters. As pun­ish­ment for that sin the males all unalive them­selves. In this process of pol­li­na­tion of the fig by the wasps and the wasps repro­duc­tion car­bon diox­ide is pro­duced in the fig which trig­gers it the flow­ers repro­duc­tion.. amaz­ing sym­bi­ot­ic rela­tion­ship… the fig also pro­duces some­thing which digests the now dead male wasps as nour­ish­ment The females then break open a small hole in the fig, make their escape and fly off to find anoth­er fig of the same species where she bur­rows in, los­es her wings, lays her eggs and repeats the process…

Med­i­c­i­nal­ly

Sap

the sap is used for con­trol of ring­worm and warts

The leaves

The leaves were used as sand­pa­per by the indige­nous pop­u­la­tion.

used for :

Bil­iary dis­or­ders

Jaun­dice

Dysen­tery

Dia­betes,

Diar­rhoea

Inflam­ma­to­ry con­di­tions

The fruit, leaves, and root are also used to make med­i­cine. Fig leaf and fruit con­tain chem­i­cals that might help move food through the intestines bet­ter. It also con­tains chem­i­cals that might help con­trol blood sug­ar and cho­les­terol lev­els.
Rich in potas­si­um, figs restore bal­ance and help low­er blood pres­sure. This sweet, chewy, and slight­ly crunchy fruit deserves to break free of the cook­ie and into your heart-healthy diet.
They are high in vit­a­mins A, B, C, potas­si­um, dietary fiber, mag­ne­sium, and high in cal­ci­um so they help devel­op strong bones, (mak­ing it an excel­lent source of cal­ci­um for those who are lac­tose intol­er­ant). Figs are very cleans­ing to the kid­neys and remove poi­sons from them.
How much fig leaf tea per day?
Accord­ing to The World’s Health­i­est Foods, the leaves of the Fig Tree have anti-dia­bet­ic prop­er­ties, reduc­ing the amount of insulin need­ed by dia­bet­ics who require insulin injec­tions. Drink­ing 3–4 cups a day helps against bron­chi­tis and asth­ma.
Accord­ing to The World’s Health­i­est Foods, the leaves of the Fig Tree have anti-dia­bet­ic prop­er­ties, reduc­ing the amount of insulin need­ed by dia­bet­ics who require insulin injec­tions. Drink­ing 3–4 cups a day helps against bron­chi­tis and asth­ma.