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Ficus amazonica Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 20 m tall. Branchlets 25 mm thick, glabrous or minutely puberulous. Stipules 0.5-1(-2.5) cm long, almost glabrous, caducous; petiole 0.5-2.5(-4.5) cm long, glabrous or minutely puberulous, brown to yellowish when dry; blade (sub)coriaceous, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, (1.5-)4-13(-18) x (1-)1.5-5.5 cm, apex acuminate, base cordate to rounded (to obtuse), margin entire, glabrous on both sides; secondary veins 8-10(-12) pairs. Figs usually in pairs in the leaf axils, globose, 0.4-0.8(-1) cm in diam., minutely puberulous or glabrous, at maturity greenish; peduncle 0.2-0.5 cm long; basal bracts 2, ca. 1.5 mm long; ostiole 2-3 mm in diam., plane or slightly prominent.
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A fig. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree. It can grow 16 m tall. The small branches are 25 mm across. They can be slightly hairy. The leaf blade is narrowly oval and 4-13 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. The base is rounded or heart shaped and it taper to the tip.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 16.0
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Root diameter (meter) 0.5
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Environment

Ridge and riverine forests, sandy river banks and rock savannahs.
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A tropical plant. It grows in forests near rivers.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus amazonica world distribution map, present in Austria, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Ficus amazonica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852372-1
WFO ID wfo-0000687270
COL ID 6HW55
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734303
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ficus amazonica Ficus surinamensis Ficus angustifolia Urostigma angustifolium Urostigma amazonicum
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