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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Dye Fig
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Moraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Fig|Ficus]]''
| species = '''''F. tinctoria'''''
| binomial = ''Ficus tinctoria''
}}

'''Ficus tinctoria''', the Dye Fig, Humped fig,

Member of the family Moraceae (the fig family)

A small, medium sized tree with smooth, oval green leaves. 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.


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