Ficus bernaysii King

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 15 m tall. Leafy twigs 2.5-5 mm thick, (dark) brown hirtellous to subhirsute, the longer stiff hairs intermixed with shorter and softer white hairs, with nodal waxy glands; internodes hollow; periderm (of the older parts) flaking off. Leaves (sub)distichous (or subopposite); lamina oblong to subobovate, (2-)7-28 by (1-)3.5-12 cm, asymmetric, chartaceous, apex acuminate, base rounded to subcordate at the broad side, cuneate to rounded at the narrow side, margin denticulate to dentate; upper surface hirtellous to hispidulous, ± scabrous, lower surface brown hirtellous to subhirsute on the veins, the longer stiff hairs intermixed with shorter and softer white hairs, smooth, cystoliths only beneath; lateral veins (4-)8-13 pairs, often furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation scalariform; waxy glands in the axils of some lateral veins in the middle part of the lamina and in furcations of lateral veins; petiole 0.5-2 cm long, brown hirtellous to subhirsute, the longer stiff hairs intermixed with shorter and softer white hairs, the epidermis persistent; stipules 0.5-2 cm long, white to brown appressed-puberulous to subsericeous, caducous (or subpersistent). Figs cauliflorous on up to c. 20 cm long branched branchlets, on the (base of the) trunk, the lateral fig-bearing branchlets often slender, with small (0.1-0.2 cm long) persistent stipules; peduncle 3-8 cm long, slender; basal bracts 3, verticillate, 1.5-2 mm long; receptacle subglobose to ovoid or to depressed-globose, 0.8-1.2 cm diam. when dry, c. 2.5 cm diam. when fresh, non-stipitate or with stipes 0.1-0.6 mm long, (sub)glabrous, lenticellate, without lateral bracts, red, dark red to blackish or purple-brown at maturity, apex convex, ostiole c. 3 mm diam., prominent; internal hairs abundant, brown.
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A tree. It grows 15 m tall. Fruit grow along the trunk.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality gynodioecy
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food food material medicinal
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus bernaysii world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

Conservation status

Ficus bernaysii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852489-1
WFO ID wfo-0000687523
COL ID 6HW9Q
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Synonyms

Ficus bernaysii