Ficus funiculosa Corner

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 25(-35) m tall, becoming up to 1.5 m high buttressed. Leafy twigs 2.5-6 mm thick, densely pale brown tomentose; internodes hollow; periderm flaking off. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic to oblong (to subcordiform), 8-23 by 4.5-18 cm, (almost) symmetric, subcoriaceous (to chartaceous), apex acuminate, base obtuse to (sub)cordate, margin entire; upper surface (sub)glabrous or sparsely hairy at the base of the lamina, smooth, lower surface ± densely pale brown tomentose on the veins; cystoliths only beneath; lateral veins 9-14 pairs, often some of them furcate far from the margin, the basal pair not or somewhat distinct, tertiary venation scalariform, ± prominent beneath; waxy glands in the axils of one of the basal lateral veins (conspicuous or inconspicuous) and often also smaller ones in furcations of the lateral veins; petiole 1.5-4.5 cm long, pale brown tomentose, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 1-2 cm long, partly pale brown tomentose to appressed-puberulous, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary (or in pairs); peduncle 0.4-1.6 cm long, tomentose; basal bracts 2 or 3, ± scattered or (sub)verticillate, c. 2.5 mm long; receptacle depressed-globose to subpyriform, 1.8-3 cm diam. when dry, 2.5-4.5 cm diam. when fresh, non-stipitate, densely pale brown tomentose, with a few lateral bracts, at maturity greenish (?), apex ± convex to flat, ostiole 3-4.5 mm diam., umbonate; internal hairs copious, whitish or yellowish.
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A tree. It grows 25 m tall. It can have buttresses 1.5 m tall. The leaves are arranged in spirals.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 25.0
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It is a tropical plant. It has been recorded at 2,100 m above sea level near Wau.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Uses animal food environmental use food fuel invertebrate food material social use
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus funiculosa world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:583518-1
WFO ID wfo-0000688410
COL ID 6HXCZ
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Synonyms

Ficus funiculosa Ficus trichoneura var. lachnocarpa