Ficus maroniensis Benoist

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree. Branchlets 3-5 mm thick, brown-(sub)hirsute. Stipules 0.5-1 cm long, brown-to yellowish-subsericeous to-hirsute, caducous; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long; blade coriaceous, narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, 6-16 x 2.5-5.5 cm, apex acuminate, base obtuse to acute, margin entire, glabrous above, on the primary vein brown-to yellowish-subsericeous to-subhirsute beneath; secondary veins 10-16 pairs. Figs in pairs in the leaf axils, subglobose, 0.5-1 cm in diam., (almost) glabrous, wrinkled when dry; peduncle up to 0.2 mm long; basal bracts 2, ca. 2 mm long; ostiole ca. 1 mm in diam., plane.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus maroniensis world distribution map, present in French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:104624-2
WFO ID wfo-0000689243
COL ID 6HX3R
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INPN ID 734316
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Synonyms

Ficus maroniensis Ficus lanjouwii