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Ficus caballina Standl.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 2  tall. Branchlets 7-15 mm thick, usually glabrous. Stipules 2-8 cm long, glabrous; persistent or caducous; petiole 1.5-2 cm long, glabrous; blade narrowly obovate, coriaceous, 23-32 x 7-11 cm, apex acuminate, base acute, margin entire, glabrous on both sides; secondary veins 12-18 pairs. Figs usually several together on spurs, also below the leaves, (sub)globose, 0.6-1 cm, minutely puberulous, at maturity yellowish to orange (to dull red?), often with dark spots; peduncle 0.2-0.6 cm long; basal bracts 2, ca. 4 mm long; ostiole ca. 3 mm in diam., plane to slightly prominent.
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A tree. It grows 25 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 23-32 cm long by 7-11 cm wide. The fig fruit usually occur as several together on spurs. They are round and about 1 cm across. They have very small hairs. They turn yellow to orange as they ripen.
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Growth form tree
Growth support hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 16.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Riverine forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
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 caballina world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Ficus caballina threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:583293-1
WFO ID wfo-0000687629
COL ID 6HVZM
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INPN ID 734305
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ficus ramiflora Ficus caballina Ficus tamatamae
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