Table 3.

Details regarding eight fig species and their usefulness as food, medicine, and any related conservation practices for 114 informants from five ethnic groups in Southern Shan State, Myanmar

Botanical name	Growth habit	Primary harvest period	Edible parts	Vernacular names					Voucher number
				Burmese (English translation)	Danu	Intha	Pa-O	Shan
F. auriculata Lour.	Small tree (5-10 m)	February–March	Young leaves	Sin-tha-phan (elephant fig)	Phak-ohn/ Phak-wah	Phak-ohn/ Phak-wah	Phak-ohn/ Phak-wah	Phak-ohn/ Phak-wah	EBF 1804 EBF 1813 EBF 1807
		October–December and July–August	Ripe female fig and young green fig
F. concinna (Miq.) Miq.	Tree (< 10 m)	February–April	Young leaves	Nyaung-thabye, Nyaung-pan	Nyaung- Thabye	-	-	Mike-nyaung	EBF 1805
F. geniculata Kurz	Large tree (< 20 m)	February–March	Young leaf buds	Nyaung-chin	Nyaung-chin	Nyaung-chin	Kharone	Phak-hee	EBF 1815 EBF 1812
F. hispida L.f.	Small tree (5–10 m)	March–April, the whole year	Young leaves	Kha-aung, Pha-aung	Kha-aung				EBF 1809
		The whole year, October–November	Ripe fig and young green fig
F. racemosa L.	Large tree (< 20 m)	February–March	Young leaves	Tha-phan	Tha-phan	Tha-phan	Phak-de	Mike-lay/ Phak-lay	EBE 1810 EBF 1811
		October–December and July–August	Ripe fig and young green fig
F. religiosa L.	Tree (15–30 m)	February–March	Young leaves	Nyaung-bawdi (sacred fig)	Nyaung-taw	Nyaung-ni	Nyaung-ni	Mike-nyaung/ Phak-nyaung	EBF 1803
F. semicordata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.	Tree (< 10 m)	October–December, June–August	Ripe female figs	Kadut	Kadut	Thadut	Thadut	Thadut	EBF 1802
F. virens Aiton	Large tree (< 20 m)	February–March	Young leaf buds	Nyaung-chin	Nyaung-chin	Nyaung-chin	Kharone	Phak-hee	EBF 1801 EBF 1808