Ficus abelii Miq.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs, scandent, 1-2.5 m tall. Bark dark gray. Branchlets and petioles densely covered with short and thick gray-white hairs. Stipules lanceolate, ca. 4 mm, sparsely pubescent. Petiole 4-10 mm, pubescent; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 4-9 × 1-2 cm, papery, abaxially densely covered with yellow to gray-white short stiff hairs and soft pubescence, adaxially with scattered short and thick hairs but glabrescent, base cuneate, margin entire, apex shortly acuminate to acute; basal lateral veins short, secondary veins 7-9 on each side of midvein, abaxially conspicuous, and adaxially impressed. Figs axillary on normal leafy shoots, solitary, purplish black to brown red when mature, ± pear-shaped, 1.5-2 cm in diam., densely covered with short stiff white hairs, base attenuated into a stalk, apical pore navel-like; peduncle 7-10 mm, with short thick hairs; involucral bracts triangular-ovate, hairy. Male flowers: scattered, subsessile; calyx lobes 3, shorter than stamens; stamens 2 or 3, unequal; anthers longer than filaments. Gall flowers: together with male flowers; calyx lobes connate, apically 3-or 4-lobed; ovary globose, with sparse small tubercles; style lateral, short. Female flowers: without calyx; style subapical, long; style linear. Achenes reniform, covered by a sticky membrane. Fl. May-Jul.
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A shrub that lies over. It can grow 1-2.5 m tall. The bark is dark grey. The small branches and leaf stalks have short grey-white hairs. The leaf stalks are 4-10 mm long. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-9 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. They are hairy underneath. The figs are in the axils of leaves on normal branches. They are red to brown and up to 2 cm across.
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality gynodioecy
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.5
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It is a tropical plant. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses gene source medicinal
Edible fruits
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus abelii world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Ficus abelii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852333-1
WFO ID wfo-0000687191
COL ID 6HW5J
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Synonyms

Ficus abelii Ficus schinzii Ficus subpyriformis Ficus pyriformis var. abelii