Ficus sagittifolia Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

A fig. It is a shrub. It starts as a strangler fig and can become a tree. It can grow attached to other plants especially oil palm. It can become a tree 10 m high.
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An epiphyte, sometimes becoming a tree up to 30 ft. high
Long rather narrow fiddle-shaped leaves.
Stout glabrous branchlets
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Growth form tree
Growth support hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 9.14
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in closed forest in West Africa. It grows in lowland rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible barks
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Cultivation

The pollinator wasp is Agaon cicatriferens cicatriferens Wiebes.
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus sagittifolia world distribution map, present in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo

Conservation status

Ficus sagittifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:584046-1
WFO ID wfo-0001226331
COL ID 6HY29
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Synonyms

Ficus sagittifolia