Ficus salicifolia Vahl

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

A fig. It is a spreading evergreen tree. It grows 10-20 m tall. The crown is slightly open. The bark on young branches is smooth. It is rough and grey on older stems. The leaves are simple. They are thickly leathery. The taper to a broad tip. The figs are along the branches in axils of leaves. The figs are 5-8 mm wide. They turn yellowish-pink when ripe.
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Shrub or small tree, up to 8 m high. Leaves ovate to oblong, rounded to cordate at base, apex rounded to broadly acute, margin entire. Figs stalked, 6-8 mm in diameter, creamy pink to red with white markings.
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 9.0 - 14.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It can tolerate drought. It is damaged by frost. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall below 100 mm. It can grow in arid places.
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Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Ripe fruit can be eaten.
Uses animal food food material medicinal vertebrate poison
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Bruise (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Lumbago (unspecified), Pain (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Wart (unspecified), Masticatory (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds or from large branch cuttings. The seeds need to be fresh. They are very small and are mixed with fine sand for sowing. Seeds germinate in 15-20 days. Cuttings root easily if treated with rooting hormone.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus salicifolia world distribution map, present in United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Botswana, Central African Republic, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, eSwatini, Chad, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853634-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690174
COL ID 7DZW8
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Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Urostigma salicifolium Ficus ambiguum Ficus eucalyptoides Ficus pretoriae Ficus teloukat Ficus indica Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia Ficus salicifolia var. australis Ficus taaf Ficus salicifolia