Ficus pandurata Hance

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1-2 m tall. Branchlets reddish brown, sometimes quickly turning gray, densely puberulent, very rapidly glabrescent. Stipules lanceolate, glabrous, sometimes persistent. Petiole 3-5 mm, sparsely pilose; leaf blade obovate, sometimes violin-shaped with middle constricted, lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, 4-16 cm, papery, white pubescent when young, abaxially sparsely pubescent on veins and with small cystoliths, adaxially glabrous, base rounded to broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex acuminate to acute and mucronate; basal lateral veins extending 1/3-1/2 length of leaf blade length, secondary veins 3-18 on each side of midvein. Figs axillary on normal leafy shoots, paired, red when fresh, ellipsoid to globose, 4-10 mm in diam., glabrous or minutely scabrid-papillate, base cuneate to obscurely stalked, apical pore navel-like, bracts reddish with paler margin and ± erect; peduncle 4-5 mm, slender; involucral bracts ovate. Male flowers: near apical pore, pedicellate; calyx lobes 4, linear-lanceolate to linear; stamens (2 or)3, unequal. Gall flowers: sessile or pedicellate; calyx lobes 3 or 4, oblanceolate to linear; ovary ± globose; style lateral, very short. Female flowers: calyx lobes 3 or 4, elliptic; style lateral, long, thin; stigma funnelform. Fl. Jun-Aug.
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A shrub. It grows 1-2 m tall. The small branches are reddish-brown. They are hairy while young.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality gynodioecy
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw. The seeds are roasted and eaten.
Uses gene source medicinal
Edible fruits stems
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Cultivation

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

Habit

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

Leaf

Ficus pandurata leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Ficus pandurata leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Ficus pandurata leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ficus pandurata world distribution map, present in China, Mozambique, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853368-1
WFO ID wfo-0000689628
COL ID 6HYBH
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Ficus pandurata Ficus formosana var. angustissima Ficus pandurata var. angustifolia Ficus pandurata var. holophylla Ficus pandurata var. linearis Ficus formosana var. linearis