Ficus pertusa L.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Large spreading trees to 30 m. or more tall. Twigs 1-2 mm. in diameter, glabrous, or pubescent, developing a yellowish grey periderm. Stipules 5-7 mm. long, narrowly deltoid, glabrous or minutely puberulent. Lamina 1-5 cm. wide X 2.5-12 cm. long, elliptic or lanceolate; apex bluntly acute, acute or acuminate, the acumen 5-20 mm. long; base commonly cuneate, sometimes rounded cuneate, seldom rounded and slightly emarginate; lateral veins (4-) 6-12, departing from the midrib at an angle from 20?-600; intercostals somewhat raised. Petiole 5-30 mm. long, '/5-'/8 (-'A 2) as long as the lamina. Figs 5-18 mm. in diameter, globose, glabrous, borne among the leaves; color pink or yellow or green with brown flecks; peduncle 2-5 mm. long, glabrous; basal bracts 1-4 mm. long, semi-circular, glabrous; ostiole 1-2 mm. in diameter, crateriform, the bracts sunken into the receptacle or surrounded by a raised ring of receptacular tissue.
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Tree up to 20 m tall. Branchlets 1-3.5 mm thick, glabrous or minutely puberulous. Stipules 0.5-1.5 cm long, glabrous or minutely puberulous, caducous; petiole 1-2.5 cm long, glabrous or minutely puberulous; blade subcoriaceous to coriaceous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, sometimes narrowly obovate, 4.5-12.5 x 2.5-6.5 cm, apex acuminate to subacute, base rounded to acute, sometimes truncate, margin entire, glabrous above, (almost) glabrous beneath; secondary veins 10-12 pairs. Figs usually in P,airs in the leaf axils, (sub)globose, 0.4-0.8 cm in diam., usually glabrous, at maturity greenish with or without red, purple or brownish spots; peduncle 0.3-0.4 cm long; basal bracts 2, ca. 2.5 mm long; ostiole more or less deeply sunken in the crateriform apex of the fig.
A fig. It is a tree. It grows to 10 m high. The leaves are alternate and smooth. They are 7-9 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The flowers are in the axils of leaves. The fruit are reddish-brown figs.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support epiphyte hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rainforests and seasonal semideciduous forests, usually in more open situations, favouring well-drained, rocky soils. Wet, evergreen forest formations from sea level to 2,000 metres, but usually found between 900-1,600 metres.
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A tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses environmental use food material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Skin (unspecified), Fever (unspecified)
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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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Images

Leaf

Ficus pertusa leaf picture by Perla Perla Laguna (cc-by-sa)
Ficus pertusa leaf picture by Perla Perla Laguna (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Ficus pertusa fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Ficus pertusa world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Ficus pertusa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853405-1
WFO ID wfo-0000689703
COL ID 6HYFY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734322
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Synonyms

Urostigma populneum f. mexicanum Urostigma baccatum Urostigma schiedeanum Urostigma complicatum Pharmacosycea laurifolia Pharmacosycea peruviana Urostigma padifolium Urostigma sapidum Urostigma turbinatum Urostigma rolandri Urostigma pertusum Urostigma lancifolium Urostigma geminum Urostigma subtriplinervium Urostigma sulcipes Urostigma erythrostictum Ficus baccata Ficus garcesii Ficus palmicida Ficus radicans Ficus turbinata Ficus arbutifolia Ficus arpazusa Ficus complicata Ficus daphniphylla Ficus elliptica Ficus fasciculata Ficus gemina Ficus kanukuensis Ficus lancifolia Ficus morantensis Ficus myrtifolia Ficus ochroleuca Ficus padifolia Ficus peruviana Ficus polypus Ficus rolandri Ficus sonorae Ficus subtriplinervia Ficus sulcipes Ficus tapajozensis Ficus zarzalensis Ficus tarapotina Ficus faydeni Ficus periplocaefolia Urostigma subtriplinervium f. majus Urostigma arbutifolium Ficus ciliolosa Ficus gardeniifolia Ficus grabhamii Ficus halliana Ficus immersa Ficus populnea f. planicostata Urostigma cestrifolium var. major Ficus prinoides var. subtriplinervia Urostigma subtriplinervium f. major Urostigma subtriplinervium f. ellipticum Ficus cerasifolia Ficus ibapohi Ficus prinoides var. subtriplinervia Ficus erythrosticta Ficus sapida Ficus pertusa