Ficus pritchardii Seem.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

A fig. It is a tree. It grows 2-25 m tall. It has white latex. The flowering shoots are on the main trunk. They are on woody branches 0.5-2 m long and often near the base of the trunk. They form large clumps up to 1.5 m across. The figs are 3 cm across. They are green but ripen to red or purple-brown. The figs occur throughout the year.
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 8.5 - 20.0
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Environment

Dense or open forest or on its edges and in thickets, sometimes on open slopes, and rarely on the inner edges of mangrove swamps; at elevations up to 1,150 metres.
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A tropical plant. In Fiji it grows from sea level to 1,150 m altitude. It can be in dense or in open forest.
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Usage

The figs are eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Wound (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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Distribution

Ficus pritchardii world distribution map, present in Fiji

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853474-1
WFO ID wfo-0000689851
COL ID 6HXVP
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Synonyms

Ficus pritchardii