Ficus erythrosperma Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 28 m tall, becoming (up to 3 m high) buttressed. Leafy twigs 1.5-3 mm thick, (minutely) puberulous to tomentellous and pale brown subsericeous to subvillous (or to subhirsute); internodes solid; periderm (usually) flaking off. Leaves spirally arranged (to subdistichous); lamina subobovate to oblong (to lanceolate or to elliptic), (1.5-)6-19 by (0.5-)2.5-8.5 cm, ± asymmetric to symmetric, subcoriaceous, apex acuminate to (sub)caudate, base cuneate to obtuse, margin entire; upper surface glabrous, smooth, lower surface sparsely to rather densely pale brown (sub)sericeous on the main veins, smaller veins usually glabrous; cystoliths only beneath; lateral veins (7-)10-14 pairs, the basal pair not distinct, tertiary venation scalariform (in small leaves to almost reticulate); waxy glands absent; petiole (0.3-)0.5-2.6 cm long, puberulous to tomentellous and (sub)sericeous to subvillous (or to subhirsute), the epidermis flaking off; stipules (0.5-)1-2.5 cm long, densely to (very) sparsely brown, subvillous to subsericeous, at least one of the pairs on the whole surface to only on the keel, the other glabrous or only hairy at the base, caducous. Figs axillary or just below the leaves, solitary or in pairs, sometimes also ramiflorous, up to 6 together on up to 0.3 cm long spurs, with a peduncle 0.1-1 cm long, rarely sessile; basal bracts 3, (sub)verticillate or scattered, c. 1.5 mm long; receptacle (sub)globose (to subpyriform), 0.4-1.2 cm diam. when dry, 0.6-1.8 cm diam. when fresh, non-stipitate or up to 0.5(-1) cm long stipitate, mostly sparsely, sometimes densely pale brown appressed-puberulous to tomentose and glabrescent or subglabrous, with some lateral bracts (or none), greenish (?) at maturity, apex ± convex to flat, ostiole 1.5-2.5 mm diam., flat to slightly umbonate or slightly impressed, surrounded by 5-7 small, ± erect apical bracts or not; internal hairs copious, whitish or yellowish.
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A tree. It grows 28 m tall. It has buttresses. The leaves are in spirals.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality gynodioecy
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Mature height (meter) 28.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food fuel material medicinal poison social use
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Therapeutic use Gonorrhea (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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

Ficus erythrosperma world distribution map, present in Spain, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands

Conservation status

Ficus erythrosperma threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852808-1
WFO ID wfo-0000688267
COL ID 6HXMC
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Synonyms

Ficus erythrosperma Ficus lachnocarpa Ficus pycnoneura Ficus xanthoxyla