Ficus fulva Reinw. ex Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 20 m tall. Leafy twigs 3-13 mm thick, yellowish to brownish hirtellous to puberulous or to hirsute, often pairs of small waxy glands at the bases of the petioles; periderm persistent; branches dark brown. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic to obovate to oblong to suborbicular (and often somewhat contracted in the lower part, subpandurate) or (when juvenile) subpalmately 3-7-lobed to-fid with the midsegment sometimes pinnately lobed, 6-35 by 2.5-20 cm (when juvenile up to 50 by 35 cm), chartaceous to subcoriaceous, apex shortly acuminate, base cordate to cuneate, margin dentate to subentire; upper surface strigillose, hirtellous on the main veins, ± scabrous to smooth, lower surface whitish hirtellous to densely subtomentose on the veins; cystoliths absent; lateral veins 4-7 pairs, the basal pair up to 1/3-2/3 the length of the lamina, branched, other lateral veins often branched or furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation scalariform; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins; petiole 1-14 (when juvenile-30) cm, puberulous to hirtellous, the epidermis persistent; stipules 0.8-3.2 cm long, finely whitish to yellowish (to pale brown) sericeous or yellowish subsericeous to subhirtellous to appressed-puberulous, caducous. Figs axillary and below the leaves on previous season’s growth, in pairs, sessile or with a peduncle up to 0.5 cm long; basal bracts 3, 2-3.5 mm long, shortly white sericeous; receptacle subglobose to ovoid to ellipsoid, (0.8-)1-1.6(-2) cm diam. when dry, 1.2-2(-2.5) cm diam. when fresh, yellowish appressed-puberulous to hirtellous to brownish subvelutinous, occasionally one or some lateral bracts, yellow to orange at maturity, apex convex or slightly protracted, ostiole 2.5-4 mm diam., the outer ostiolar bracts erect; internal hairs abundant (or few), yellowish.
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Small trees, 6-8 m tall. Branchlets and young leaves densely covered with coarse rust-colored thick hairs and pale yellow pubescence. Stipules lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm, densely woolly red rust-colored tomentose. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, densely golden yellow hairy; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, 10-15 × 5-8 cm, papery, abaxially densely golden yellow tomentose, adaxially with scattered and bent coarse hairs, base cuneate and entire, margin serrate, apex acute to acuminate; secondary veins 3 or 4 on each side of midvein. Figs axillary on normal leafy shoots, paired, globose, 1-1.5 cm in diam., densely golden yellow tomentose, apical pore small, navel-like; peduncle short to absent; involucral bracts broadly ovate, densely covered with golden yellow thick hairs. Male flowers: near apical pore, calyx lobes 4, transparent white, broadly ovate, glabrous; stamens 2. Gall flowers: calyx lobes 4, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, tips with tufts of long hairs; ovary ovoid, smooth; style lateral, short. Female flowers: sepals similar to those of male flowers; style, persistent, lateral, long; stigma cylindric. Achenes ellipsoid to rhomboid, wrinkled, tuberculate.
A fig. It is a small tree. It grows 6-10 m high. The young branches are stout. The small branches and young leaves are covered with rusty coloured hairs. The leaf stalk is 1 cm long. The leaf blade is oblong to sword shaped and 10-15 cm long by 5-8 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped and there are teeth along the edge. The figs are on leafy shoots in pairs. They are round and 1-1.5 cm across. They have a golden yellow covering.
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality gynodioecy
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Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 10.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in low hills and valleys. It demands light. In Yunnan in China it grows below 1300 m altitude.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

UsesThe bark is used for string; the latex contains wax.
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The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses construction material medicinal
Edible fruits
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus fulva world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Iceland, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Uruguay, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Ficus fulva threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852867-1
WFO ID wfo-0000688396
COL ID 6HXCV
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Synonyms

Pogonotrophe flavidula Ficus discolor Ficus fulva Ficus patens Ficus reinwardtii Ficus apiculata Ficus chlorocarpa Ficus chrysocarpa var. flavidula Ficus fulva var. chrysocarpa Ficus fulva var. minor Ficus fulva var. orbicularis Ficus fulva var. rubinervia Ficus fulva var. timorensis Ficus flavidula Ficus chrysocarpa Ficus suborbicularis