Ficus costaricana Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Trees 12-15 m. tall. Twigs 3-5 mm. in diameter, pubescent or glabrate, developing a rather thin brownish grey periderm. Stipules 12-25 mm. long, broadly deltoid, glabrous, persistent. Lamina 3-7.5 cm. wide X 6-18 cm. long, oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, frequently somewhat inequilateral, glabrous; apex rounded, acute, or shortly blunt acuminate; base rounded or rounded cuneate, emarginate; lateral veins 5-12 pairs, departing from the midrib at an angle from 20%-30%; basal vains departing from the midrib at an angle of 500-600; inter-costals prominent. Petiole 5-30 mm., 1/6-1/9 the length of the lamina. Figs 10-12 mm. in diameter, depressed globose; glabrous, borne among the leaves; color reddish with darker spots; peduncle obsolete; basal bracts 5-10 mm. broadly deltoid, glabrous.
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Growth support hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 12.0 - 15.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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

Ficus costaricana world distribution map, present in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador

Conservation status

Ficus costaricana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852672-1
WFO ID wfo-0000687941
COL ID 6HVRB
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Synonyms

Urostigma costaricanum Ficus costaricana Ficus kellermanii