Ficus popenoei Standl.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Trees to 25 m. tall. Twigs 4-6 mm. in diameter, fulvous spreading pubescent, eventually glabrate and developing a moderately thick greyish brown periderm. Stipules about 10 mm. long, densely spreading fulvous pubescent. Lamina 5-15 cm. long X 4-10 cm. wide, broadly oval to obovate-oblong, pubescent below and scabrid above; lateral veins 5-9 (-10) pairs, departing from the midrib at an angle of 200-400; basal veins departing at a similar angle; intercostals somewhat prominent. Petiole 5-15 mm. long, pubescent, 1/6-/l6 the length of the lamina. Figs 14-22 mm. long X 9-16 mm. in diameter, cylindric, pubescent, borne among the leaves; color green, brown tinted (yellow-brown pubescent in dried material) ; peduncle 3-5 mm. long, pubescent; basal bracts broadly deltoid about 2-5 mm. long, pubescent; orifice about 2 mm. in diameter, flat or very slightly umbonate.
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Growth form tree
Growth support hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 25.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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

Leaf

Ficus popenoei leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Ficus popenoei world distribution map, present in Brazil and Panama

Conservation status

Ficus popenoei threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:104685-2
WFO ID wfo-0000689806
COL ID 6HXWD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 779465
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Ficus popenoei Ficus tolimensis

Lower taxons

Ficus popenoei subsp. malacocarpa