Ficus filicauda Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Trees, 7-10 m tall. Branchlets slender, sparsely pubescent. Winter buds spindle-shaped, ca. 7 mm, pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm, membranous. Petiole 7-10 mm, pubescent; leaf blade lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 10-14 × 2.5-3.5 cm, both surfaces glabrous or abaxially pubescent on major veins, base cuneate, margin entire, apex long caudate; midvein prominent on both surfaces; basal lateral veins short, secondary veins 9-12 on each side of midvein at about 90° to midvein, and abaxially conspicuous. Figs axillary on normal leafy shoots, solitary or paired, sparsely spotted, ellipsoid-globose to globose, ca. 1 cm in diam., glabrous, apical pore slightly navel-like; peduncle 0.4-2 cm; involucral bracts broadly ovate, margin membranous. Male flowers: near apical pore; pedicel ca. 2 mm. calyx lobes 4, obovate, glabrous; stamens 2; filaments short; anthers ellipsoid. Gall flowers: basal or around middle; calyx lobes 4; ovary stipitate, ± globose; style lateral, short; stigma deeply 2-branched. Fl. Jun-Jul.
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Mature height (meter) 7.0 - 10.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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

Ficus filicauda world distribution map, present in China, India, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:583494-1
WFO ID wfo-0000688332
COL ID 6HXMK
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Synonyms

Ficus filicauda Ficus xiphias Ficus filicauda var. filicauda

Lower taxons

Ficus filicauda var. longipes