Ficus laevis Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Root-climber. Branchlets drying brown. Leafy twigs 2-5 mm thick, densely brownish (sub)tomentose to subglabrous; pairs of subnodal waxy glands below (the scars of) the petioles. Leaves in lax spirals to subdistichous; lamina elliptic to ovate (to suborbicular), 8-20(-25) by 5-15(-20) cm, symmetric, chartaceous, apex (mostly abruptly) acuminate, base equilateral, cordate to cuneate, margin entire; upper surface sparsely puberulous on the main veins, lower surface sparsely to densely subvillous on the main veins to subtomentose on the smaller ones; cystoliths only beneath; lateral veins 4-6 pairs, the basal pair up to c. 1/2 the length of the lamina, branched, tertiary venation scalariform, the smaller veins (almost) flat beneath, areoles punctate; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins or also smaller ones in the axils of other lateral veins; petiole 1.5-7(-10) cm long, sparsely appressed-pubescent, the epidermis flaking off; stipules, 0.5-1.5 cm long, brownish (sub)sericeous, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary (or in pairs); peduncle 1-3 cm long; basal bracts 1-2 mm long, persistent; receptacle subglobose, 1.2-1.8 cm diam. when dry, 2-3.5 cm diam. when fresh, non-stipitate or up to 0.3 cm long stipitate, sparsely (but near the ostiole densely) brownish puberulous, green (?) at maturity, apex ± convex, ostiole 2-2.5 mm diam.; internal hairs abundant, long and stiff. Tepals red. Stamens 2 (or 3). Fruits slightly compressed.
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Shrubs, scandent, often epiphytic, usually glabrous. Stipules caducous, 0.8-1.2 cm. Leaves spirally arranged; petiole 3.5-7 cm; leaf blade rounded to broadly ovate, 10-20 × 8-15 cm, membranous, glabrous or abaxially sparsely brown pubescent, with hairs on midvein, base rounded to slightly cordate, margin entire, apex obtuse or mucronate; veins abaxially conspicuous; basal lateral veins extending to 2/3 of leaf blade length, secondary veins 3 or 4 on each side of midvein. Figs axillary on normal leafy branches, solitary or paired, purple when mature, globose, 1.5-2.5 cm in diam., inside densely setose; peduncle 2-3 cm; involucral bracts triangular-ovate; apical bracts convex; calyx lobes 5 and red for all flowers. Male flowers: in 1 or several rows near apical pore; calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate; stamens 2; filaments free or slightly connate; anthers mucronate. Gall flowers: ovary globose, glabrous; style subapical, short; stigmas enlarged. Female flowers: style persistent, as long as achenes; stigma 2-lobed. Achenes ellipsoid, keeled. Fl. and fr. Apr-Jun.
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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 laevis world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Iceland, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853073-1
WFO ID wfo-0000688969
COL ID 6HWN5
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Synonyms

Pogonotrophe assamica Pogonotrophe zeylanica Pogonotrophe dasyphylla Pogonotrophe emodi Pogonotrophe vagans Pogonotrophe laevis Ficus emodi Ficus laevis Ficus vagans Ficus ceylanica Ficus jamini Ficus zeylanica Ficus laevis var. assamica Ficus laevis var. dasyphylla Ficus laevis var. tomentosa Pogonotrophe ceylanica Pogonotrophe wightiana

Lower taxons

Ficus laevis var. macrocarpa