Ficus hypobrunnea Corner

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Root-climber. Branchlets drying dark brown. Leafy twigs 1.5-2 mm thick, densely brown strigillose. Leaves distichous; lamina oblong to subovate, 2.5-5.5 by 1.2-2.5 cm, symmetric, coriaceous, apex subacute, base equilateral, rounded to subcuneate, margin entire, revolute; upper surface glabrous, lower surface brown (sub)strigillose, also on the smaller veins; cystoliths on both sides; midrib slightly impressed above, lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs, the basal pair up to c. 1/3-1/2 the length of the lamina, faintly branched, tertiary venation reticulate, the smaller veins (almost) flat beneath; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins and also of some of the other lateral veins; petiole 0.3-0.7 cm long, brown strigillose, the epidermis persistent; stipules 0.4-0.8 cm long, brownish (sub)sericeous, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary; peduncle c. 0.1 cm long; basal bracts 1-1.5 mm long, caducous; receptacle subglobose, 0.6-0.8 cm diam. when dry, densely brown substrigillose, red at maturity, 0.1-0.15 cm long stipitate, apex ± umbonate, ostiole c. 0.5 mm diam., sunken; internal hairs abundant. Tepals red.
More
A climbing plant. The leaves are in 2 opposite rows.
Life form -
Growth form tree
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food fuel material poison social use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:583618-1
WFO ID wfo-0000688744
COL ID 6HWY2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ficus hypobrunnea