Ficus cotinifolia Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

A fig. It is a tree. It can be 3-25 m tall. It has aerial roots. The leaves are rounded. The figs are small.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 7.5 - 18.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 3.0
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Seasonally very dry deciduous and evergreen formations, at elevations up to 900 metres.
More
A tropical plant. In Mexico it grows between 950-1750 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The figs are eaten.
Uses animal food environmental use material medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Bowel (unspecified), Bruise (unspecified), Wound (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Ficus cotinifolia leaf picture by Plascencia Jorge (cc-by-sa)
Ficus cotinifolia leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Ficus cotinifolia leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Ficus cotinifolia fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Ficus cotinifolia world distribution map, present in Guatemala and Mexico

Conservation status

Ficus cotinifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852675-1
WFO ID wfo-0000687944
COL ID 6HW3C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Urostigma longipes Urostigma guatemalanum Urostigma myxifolium Urostigma cotinifolium Ficus cotinifolia Ficus guatemalana Ficus inamoena Ficus glauca Ficus jacquelineae Ficus longipes Ficus paraisoana Ficus subrotundifolia Urostigma glaucum Ficus cotinifolia subsp. myxifolia Ficus myxifolia Ficus cotinifolia subsp. cotinifolia