Ficus lapathifolia Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

A fig. It is a medium sized tree. It can be 25 m tall. It probably always starts attached to other plants and becomes a strangler fig. It can have interlocking trunks or flying buttresses. The leaves are alternate and broadly oblong. They are 10-25 cm long. The leaves are hairy underneath.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 25.0
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Environment

Moist thickets or forest, often on open hillsides or along streams, ascending from sea level to about 1,200 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Edible fruits
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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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Distribution

Ficus lapathifolia world distribution map, present in Mexico

Conservation status

Ficus lapathifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853090-1
WFO ID wfo-0000689005
COL ID 6HWPJ
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ficus lapathifolia Urostigma lapathifolium