Ficus pisocarpa Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 30 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. Branches drying brown to yellowish. Leafy twigs 2-5 mm thick, ± angular, glabrous (or white puberulous); periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic to oblong to (sub)-ovate or to (sub)obovate, (3-)5-15(-19) by (1.5-)2.5-8(-9) cm, coriaceous, apex short-acuminate to rounded (to retuse), base obtuse to cuneate (or to rounded), margin usually ± revolute, glabrous (or minutely white puberulous); upper surface glabrous (or minutely white puberulous in the lower part, mainly on and along the midrib), lower surface glabrous (or white puberulous on the midrib or also the lateral veins); lateral veins and midrib (at least the lower part) ± impressed above, lateral veins (3-)4-6 pairs, the basal pair distinct, up to 1/3-1/2 the length of the lamina, branched, 0 or 1 pairs of smaller lateral veins below the main pair, tertiary veins reticulate or towards the midrib partly parallel to the lateral veins, slightly prominent; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 0.5-1.5(-2) cm long, 1.5-2.5 mm thick, glabrous (or white puberulous), drying blackish to brown; stipules 0.5-1(-2) cm long, glabrous (or white puberulous), caducous. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 3, 3-5 mm long, (sub)equal, glabrous (or white puberulous), (faintly) keeled, persistent; receptacle subglobose (to ellipsoid), 0.6-1 cm diam. when dry, glabrous (or sparsely white to brownish puberulous), punctate to subpustullate, orange to red at maturity, apex convex and mammillate, ostiole 2-3 mm diam., prominent by a rim, open, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts not or partly imbricate, the lower ostiolar bracts short, not inter-locked, leaving a channel to the fig cavity, the ostiole sometimes closed; wall smooth to slightly shrivelled when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals reddish. Ovary partly red.
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Trees, 5-15 m tall, epiphytic when young. Bark gray, smooth. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, ca. 0.8 cm, membranous, pubescent. Petiole robust, 1-1.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 5-8 × 2.5-4 cm, thickly leathery, with cystoliths on both surfaces, base rounded to broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex mucronate; basal lateral veins short, secondary veins 5-8 on each side of midvein, and abaxially prominent, tertiary veins reticulate. Figs axillary on leafy branchlets or on leafless older branchlets, paired, top-shaped-globose, 5-7 mm in diam., apical pore liplike, sessile; involucral bracts ovate, persistent. Male, gall, and female flowers within same fig. Male flowers: few, near apical pore, sessile; calyx lobes 2, broadly ovate; stamen 1; filament short; anther ovoid. Gall and female flowers: calyx lobes 1 or 2; style short but longer in female flowers; stigma cylindric. Achenes narrowly ovoid, smooth. Fl. May-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 17.5 - 22.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food
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Cultivation

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

Ficus pisocarpa world distribution map, present in Brunei Darussalam, China, Indonesia, Iceland, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853429-1
WFO ID wfo-0000689757
COL ID 6HYH4
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Synonyms

Urostigma tjiela Urostigma cycloneuron Ficus episima Ficus cycloneura Ficus microstoma Urostigma pisocarpum Ficus pisocarpa