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Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang is the first fig genus presented in Taiwan by Japanese botanist Tomitaro Makino. [3] Later, English botanist E.J.H. Corner classified awkeotsang as a variation of Ficus pumila. There is another variety of Ficus pumila: Ficus pumila var. pumila, also known as creeping fig, is widespread across East Asia. [4] [5]
The fruit of Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang is used in cuisine. In Taiwan , its fruit is turned inside out and dried. The seeds are scraped off and a gel is extracted from their surface with water and allowed to set and form a jelly known in Taiwan as aiyu jelly (or aiyuzi 愛玉子) and in Singapore as ice jelly (文頭雪).
Aiyu jelly (Chinese: 愛玉冰; pinyin: àiyùbīng; or 愛玉凍; àiyùdòng; or simply 愛玉; àiyù), known in Amoy Hokkien as ogio (Chinese: 薁蕘; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ò-giô), [1] and as ice jelly in Singapore (Chinese: 文 頭 雪; pinyin: wéntóu xuě), is a jelly made from the gel from the seeds of the awkeotsang creeping fig found in Taiwan and East Asian countries of the same ...
W. pumilae is the pollinator of Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang and Ficus pumila var. pumila (Creeping Fig). [1] The scientific name was first published as Blastophaga pumilae in 1967 by Hill. [2] W. pumilae are found in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.
O-aew, with o-aew jelly and kidney beans (top), served with shaved ice and syrup (bottom).. O-aew (Thai: โอ้เอ๋ว, [a] RTGS: o-eo, pronounced [ôːʔěːw], from Chinese: 薁蕘; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ò-giô) is a shaved ice dessert known as a local specialty of Phuket, Thailand.
Aloe (English loan word) Aloe vera: Agavaceae (Yucca family) Aloe vera Aoa: Ficus obliqua: Moraceae (Mulberry family) Polynesian banyan, strangler fig ʻApu Initia (English loan word) Anacardium occidentale: Anacardiaceae (Cashew family) Cashew, "Indian Apple" Ateate: Wollastonia biflora: Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Beach sunflower ʻAu'auli ...
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In addition, modern English forms are given for comparison purposes. Nouns are given in their nominative case, with the genitive case supplied in parentheses when its stem differs from that of the nominative. (For some languages, especially Sanskrit, the basic stem is given in place of the nominative.) Verbs are given in their "dictionary form".