Ficus dinganensis S.S.Chang

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Shrubs, scandent. Branchlets densely covered with short brown pubescence. Stipules lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, densely covered with bent hairs. Leaves distichous; petiole 1-1.2 cm, densely brown pubescent when young; leaf blade ovate to ovate-elliptic, 3-7.5 × 1.8-4 cm, thinly leathery, abaxially densely covered with short brown tomentum when young, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate, margin entire, apex acuminate to obtuse; basal lateral veins 2 and elongated to 1/2 of blade, midvein and secondary veins abaxially prominent, and adaxially impressed, secondary veins 3 or 4 on each side of midvein. Figs axillary on normal leafy branches, solitary or paired, globose, 8-9 mm in diam., densely covered with short brown pubescence when young, inside with abundant bristles; peduncle ca. 1 cm, densely covered with short brown pubescence when young, glabrescent; involucral bracts ovate-triangular, ca. 1.5 mm wide; bracts subapical, navel-like, glabrescent. Female flowers: ca. 2.5 mm; calyx lobes 4, red, linear, ca. 1.5 mm; ovary globose-ellipsoid, ca. 1.5 mm; style subapical; stigmas 2-lobed. Fl. Apr-Aug.
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus dinganensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:902053-1
WFO ID wfo-0000688132
COL ID 6HXHC
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Synonyms

Ficus dinganensis