Ficus botryocarpa subsp. subalbidoramea (Elmer) C.C.Berg

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Leafy twigs whitish appressed-puberulous to strigillose, with hairs of different length. Lamina drying greyish; upper surface appressed-puberulous to strigillose to (sub)glabrous, smooth, lower surface whitish appressed-puberulous to strigillose on the veins, smooth; lateral veins (3-)6-10 pairs, none of them branched or furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation scalariform; waxy glands in slit-shaped extensions of the axils of 1 or 2 lateral veins in the middle part of the lamina; petiole 0.5-2(-2.5) cm long, whitish appressed-puberulous to strigillose; stipules 0.6-2 cm long, whitish to yellowish to brownish appressed-puberulous to subsericeous, caducous (or subpersistent). Fig peduncle 0.4-2.5 cm long; basal bracts 3, verticillate (or scattered), 1-2 mm long; receptacle obovoid to subpyriform to subglobose or ± depressed-globose, 1-1.5(-2.2) cm diam. when dry, c. 2.5 cm diam. when fresh, finely, 15(-20-)ribbed, with or without conspicuous lenticels, ostiole 3-4(-5) mm diam., ± prominent.
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A fig. It is an erect tree. It grows 6-9 m tall. The trunk is 12 cm across. The leaves are thin and mid green above and pale green underneath. The veins are prominent. The fruit hang on long stalks on the trunks. These can be 90 cm long. The fruit are light green with cream spots. They turn yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality gynodioecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature width (meter) 0.12
Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 9.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It occurs near Madang and in New Britain at low elevations.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Ficus botryocarpa subsp. subalbidoramea world distribution map, present in Indonesia and Philippines

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60433114-2
WFO ID wfo-0000687576
COL ID 5HCPL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ficus subalbidoramea Ficus mindoroensis Ficus trichantha Ficus botryocarpa var. subalbidoramea Ficus botryocarpa subsp. subalbidoramea