Ficus blepharophylla Vázq.Avila

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 1  tall. Branchlets 2-3 mm thick, brown-to white-tomentose. Stipules 0.5-1 cm long, brown-subsericeous to-subtomentose, subpersistent; petiole 0.5-5 cm long; blade coriaceous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, or obovate to narrowly obovate, 1.5-5 x 1-2.5 cm, apex very shortly acuminate to rounded, base obtuse to subcordate, margin entire, ciliolate, glabrous above, sparsely tomentose (to hirtellous) on the main veins beneath; secondary veins 5-7 pairs. Figs in pairs in the leaf axils, subglobose, ca. 0.5 cm in diam., densely white puberulous, sessile; basal bracts 2, 1.5 mm long; ostiole ca. 1.5 mm in diam., surrounded by a slightly lobed rim.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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

Ficus blepharophylla world distribution map, present in Brazil and Guyana

Conservation status

Ficus blepharophylla threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:277192-2
WFO ID wfo-0000687546
COL ID 6HW9C
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Synonyms

Ficus blepharophylla