Ficus pedunculosa Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Shrub or tree up to 8(-25) m tall, with internodes ± distinctly different in length and often leaves ± tufted at the end of branches. Leafy twigs 2-5 mm thick, whitish to brown puberulous to (sub)tomentose; periderm flaking off. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to subobovate, 3-15(-22) by 2-6(-14) cm, often slightly asymmetric, subcoriaceous to chartaceous, apex acute to rounded, base rounded to cuneate (or to subcordate to cordulate), margin entire, often revolute (towards the base); upper surface sparsely (to densely) tomentose to hirtellous (or hispidulous), smooth (or ± scabrous), lower surface very sparsely to densely tomentose to hirtellous on the veins or glabrous; cystoliths only beneath; lateral veins 5-11 pairs, the basal pair mostly running almost parallel to the margin, up to 1/4-1/2 the length of the lamina and departing from the midrib a few mm from the base, tertiary venation loosely scalariform to almost reticulate, midrib usually not reaching the (very) apex of the lamina; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins; petiole 1-3.5 cm long, subtomentose to hirtellous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 0.3-1 cm long, brown (sub)sericeous, caducous. Figs axillary or just below the leaves, in pairs; peduncle 0.5-3 cm long; basal bracts 3, 1-2 mm long, appressed-puberulous; receptacle subglobose to ellipsoid, 0.8-1.3 cm diam. when dry, 1-1.5 cm diam. when fresh, 0-0.8 cm long stipitate, white puberulous to tomentose, orange at maturity, apex convex to ± protracted, ostiole c. 2 mm diam.; internal hairs abundant.
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Shrubs, scandent, evergreen. Bark pale reddish brown. Branchlets sparsely pubescent and with pale scurfy hairs. Stipules caducous, broadly lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm, membranous, usually hairy. Petiole ca. 1.5 cm, with chaffy scale-like hairs; leaf blade elliptic, obovate-elliptic, or obovate, 4-10 × 3-6 cm, leathery, glabrous or strigose, base cuneate, margin entire, apex acute to ± acuminate; basal lateral veins 2(or 4), extending 1/4-1/2 length of leaf blade, secondary veins 4-6(-10) on each side of midvein, and abaxially prominent. Figs axillary on normal leafy shoots, solitary or paired, ± globose to obovoid or ellipsoid, 1-2 cm in diam., puberulent, inside with abundant bristles; peduncle (1-)2-3 cm, slender, sparsely pubescent; involucral bracts 1.5-2 mm, membranous. Male flowers: long-pedicellate; calyx lobes 2-4; stamens 2-4; filaments short; anthers ellipsoid. Gall flowers: sessile or pedicellate; calyx lobes 3-5; ovary oblique, smooth; style lateral, short and thick; stigma enlarged or truncate. Female flowers: sessile; calyx lobes 3-5, short; ovary smooth; style longer than on gall flowers; stigma ± funnelform. Fl. and fr. Mar-Jun.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality gynodioecy
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Mature height (meter) 8.0
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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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Images

Fruit

Ficus pedunculosa fruit picture by Noel Dionson (cc-by-sa)
Ficus pedunculosa fruit picture by Noel Dionson (cc-by-sa)
Ficus pedunculosa fruit picture by Noel Dionson (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ficus pedunculosa world distribution map, present in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kenya, Philippines, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853390-1
WFO ID wfo-0000689670
COL ID 6HYDM
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Synonyms

Ficus garanbiensis Ficus pedunculosa Ficus segaarensis Ficus ataktophylla Ficus confertifolia Ficus luzonensis Ficus mearnsii Ficus moseleyana Ficus imberbis Ficus macropoda Ficus imberbis var. basiacuta Ficus luzonensis var. imberbis Ficus pedunculosa var. confertifolia Ficus pedunculosa var. imberbis Ficus pedunculosa var. macropoda Ficus pedunculosa var. mearnsii Ficus pedunculosa var. segaarensis Ficus pedunculosa var. glabrifolia Ficus pedunculosa var. pedunculosa