WorldFloraDB - Ficus ardisioides

Characteristics

Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to elliptic, lanceolate or oblanceolate, (1.5)4–16(26) x (1)1.5–6.5(9) cm., ± coriaceous; apex acuminate to subcaudate; base obtuse; margin entire; both surfaces glabrous; lateral veins (3)4–6(7) pairs, loop-connected 1–5 mm. from the margin, basal pair unbranched, tertiary venation reticulate; petiole 5–15(20) mm. long, 1–2 mm. thick, epidermis usually flaking off when dry; stipules 2–10 mm. long, glabrous, caducous, sometimes subpersistent.

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Receptacle subglobose to obovoid, 1–2 cm. in diam. when fresh, 0.5–1 cm. in diam. when dry, sparsely puberulous, smooth or pusticulate; wall thin; apex plane or (in large figs) prominent when dry.

Figs in pairs in the leaf axils, sessile (or on peduncles 2–9 mm. long); basal bracts 1.5–2 mm. long, persistent.

Leafy twigs 2–3(6) mm. thick, glabrous or sparsely minutely puberulous, periderm not flaking off when dry.

Shrub or tree up to 5(8) m. tall, hemi-epiphytic, sometimes a liane.

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Growth form	tree
Growth support	hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	monoecy
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Photosynthetic pathway	c3

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days)	15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	21 - 26
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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852416-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000687364
COL ID	6HVVG
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Synonyms

Ficus ardisioides

Lower taxons

Ficus ardisioides subsp. camptoneura

WorldFloraDB 2024

Ficus ardisioides Warb.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus