Ficus maclellandii King

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 25 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or terrestrial. Branches drying brown to greyish. Leafy twigs 1.5-2.5 mm thick, ± angular to subterete, glabrous, or yellowish hairy on the upper scars of the stipules; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to elliptic or to lanceolate or to (sub)ovate, (7-)10-18 by (3-)4-7 cm, coriaceous, apex acuminate to subcaudate, base cuneate to rounded, margin flat; both surfaces glabrous; midrib (at least the lower part) ± impressed above, lateral veins 8-14 pairs, the basal pair slightly or not distinct, up to 1/20-1/6 the length of the lamina, unbranched, 0 or 1 pairs of smaller lateral veins below the (main) pair, tertiary largely parallel to the lateral veins, slightly prominent beneath; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole (0.5-)1-2(-2.5) cm long, 1-2 mm thick, glabrous, drying blackish; stipules 0.5-1 cm long, yellowish subsericeous, caducous. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 3, 1-3 mm long, (sub)equal to ± unequal in size and shape, appressed-puberulous or glabrous, persistent; receptacle subglobose, 0.5-1(-1.1) cm diam. when dry, (sub)glabrous, yellow to red at maturity, apex convex to flat, ostiole 1.5-2 mm diam., (almost) flat, open, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts not fully imbricate, leaving a narrow pore showing the bracts underneath; wall smooth when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals reddish. Ovary partly red.
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Trees, 15-20 m tall. Bark gray, smooth. Branchlets dark brown, ribbed and densely tuberculate [pale lenticellate], sparsely pilose but rapidly glabrescent. Stipules lanceolate, 0.4-1 cm, sparsely appressed pilose. Petiole 1.3-1.7 cm glabrous; leaf blade oblong to ovate-elliptic, 8-13 × 4-6 cm, leathery, glabrous but occasionally pubescent when young, base rounded to cuneate, margin entire, apex acuminate to mucronate; basal lateral veins 2, prominent, secondary veins 10-13 on each side of midvein, conspicuous on both surfaces, and with cystoliths between veins. Figs axillary on leafy branchlets, paired, purplish red when mature, ± globose to conic, slightly flat, 6-8 mm in diam., tuberculate [some subapical bracts present], sessile; involucral bracts 2 or 3, ovate, 2-3 mm, unequal in size. Male, gall, and female flowers within same fig. Male flowers: few, near apical pore. Gall flowers: similar to female flowers but pedicellate. Female flowers: sessile; calyx lobes 3, lanceolate; ovary ovoid; style apical. Fl. May-Jun.
A fig. It is a tree. It grows 15-20 m tall. The bark is grey and smooth. The branches have lumps on them. The leaves are 8-13 cm long. They have 2 forms. The lower branches have more narrow leaves. The figs are in the axils of leaves. They are purplish red when ripe. They are round and 6-8 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5
Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 20.0
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Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in thin forests and near streams. In China it grows between 400-1,200 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 2-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The leaf buds are used as a fresh vegetable or baked then dried and stored.
Uses fodder
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can be grown from cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Images

Habit

Ficus maclellandii habit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Ficus maclellandii habit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853160-1
WFO ID wfo-0000689161
COL ID 6HWQR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ficus maclellandii Ficus rhododendrifolia Urostigma rhododendrifolium Ficus maclellandii var. rhododendrifolia Ficus thorelii