Ficus heterophylla L.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Shrub up to 3(-6) m tall, often prostrate and rooting on the branches, sometimes ± climbing (straggling). Branchlets drying brown. Leafy twigs 1-2.5 mm thick, sparsely to densely whitish puberulous to subhispidulous, smooth to scabridulous; internodes solid. Leaves distichous (or opposite); lamina oblong to subovate, 5-14 by 1.5-7 cm, ± strongly asymmetric or to almost symmetric, chartaceous, apex acuminate to subcaudate, base inequilateral, cordate to rounded (to cuneate) at the broad side, cuneate to obtuse (to subcordate) at the narrow side, margin (coarsely) dentate (to subentire), often ± revolute; juvenile leaves often pinnately lobate or palmately 3-lobate; upper surface (minutely) hispidulous, scabrous, lower surface sparsely minutely to rather densely hispidulous to (sub)puberulous, scabrous or scabridulous; cystoliths on both sides; lateral veins 4-9 pairs, the basal pair up to 1/6-1/3 the length of the lamina, if running close to the margin of the lamina then unbranched, if at some distance then branched, tertiary venation (sub)reticulate; waxy glands in the axils of both or one of the basal lateral veins; petiole 0.5-1.5(-5.5) cm long, puberulous, the epidermis persistent; stipules semi-amplexicaul, 0.3-0.5 cm long, puberulous, caducous. Figs axillary and also just below the leaves, solitary (or in pairs); peduncle 0.3-1.2 cm long; peduncular bracts 3, verticillate, subtending the receptacle or far below (and then the receptacle apparently stipitate), 0.5-1 mm long; receptacle (sub)globose to ellipsoid, 0.8-1.5 cm diam. when dry, minutely hispidulous, ± scabrous, without lateral bracts, orange to dark red at maturity, apex convex to slightly umbonate, ostiole c. 2 mm diam., surrounded by 4-6 ± swollen apical bracts; internal hairs absent. Tepals whitish, glabrous or minutely hairy at the apices. Styles glabrous or hairy.
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Shrubs, procumbent. Branchlets becoming reddish brown, slender, shortly pubescent. Stipules caducous, short, membranous. Leaves distichous; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, juvenile leaves usually pinnately lobed, (5-)7-10(-14) × (1.5-)2.5-4(-5) cm, papery, coarse with short and stiff hairs, base obtuse, rounded, or cordate, margin toothed or entire, apex slightly acuminate; secondary veins 4-8(-12) on each side of midvein. Figs axillary on leafy or older leafless branches, solitary, yellowish orange and smooth when mature, globose to pear-shaped, 1-2 cm in diam., tuberculate, coarsely hairy, base attenuate into slender stalk, apical pore navel-like, convex; peduncle 4-6 mm, pubescent; involucral bracts triangular, small. Male flowers: near apical pore; pedicellate; calyx deeply 3-or 4-lobed; stamen 1. Gall flowers: pedicellate; calyx lobes 3 or 4; ovary ovoid; style lateral, short; stigma enlarged. Female flowers: pedicellate; calyx lobes 4, white; style persistent, lateral, long; stigma cylindric. Achenes shortly ellipsoid, surface with a transparent membrane. Fl. Jul-Nov.
A fig. It is a shrub. It often lies over. The young branches are reddish-brown. The leaves are broadly sword shaped and 7-10 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. Young leaves have lobes along the stalk. The figs are in the axils of older branches. They occur singly and are yellowish orange when ripe.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality gynodioecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in the tropics. It grows in moist valleys and along streams beween 400-800 m above sea level in southern China.
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Moist valleys, along streams; at elevations from 400-800 metres. In open places, particularly flood-margins of rivers.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit are cooked and eaten.
Uses fodder medicinal
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Medicine (unspecified), Tumor(Abdomen) (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Images

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Distribution

Ficus heterophylla world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, India, Iceland, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852970-1
WFO ID wfo-0000688663
COL ID 6HWVY
BDTFX ID -
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Urostigma subpanduriforme Ficus acutiloba Ficus biglandula Ficus denticulata Ficus elongata Ficus aquatica Ficus cannabina Ficus politoria Ficus panduriformis Ficus truncata Ficus rufescens Ficus scabrella Ficus grossularioides var. subpanduriformis Ficus heterophylla var. scabrella Ficus denticulata Ficus torteana Ficus heterophylla Ficus subpanduriformis