Ficus schumacheri Griseb.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 25 m tall, sometimes lianescent. Branchlets 1-2 mm thick, glabrous or minutely puberulous. Stipules 0.3-0.8 cm long, minutely puberulous or glabrous, caducous, sometimes subpersistent; petiole 0.3-1(-1.3) cm long; glabrous or minutely puberulous; blade subcoriaceous to chartaceous, narrowly elliptic, 2.5-9 x 0.7-2 cm, apex subacute to subobtuse, sometimes faintly acuminate, base emarginate to rounded to acute, margin entire, glabrous (or puberulous at the base of the primary vein) above and beneath; secondary veins (8-)10-15 pairs. Figs usually in pairs in the leaf axils, (sub)globose, 0.3-0.4(-0.5) cm in diam., (almost) glabrous, at maturity (pale) greenish with red, purple or brown spots; peduncle 0.1-0.2 cm long; basal bracts 2, ca. 1.5 mm long; ostiole 1.5-2 mm in diam., plane to slightly impressed.
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 25.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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

Leaf

Ficus schumacheri leaf picture by Jean-François Molino (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ficus schumacheri world distribution map, present in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Ficus schumacheri threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853664-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690251
COL ID 6HY2M
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INPN ID 734324
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Ficus schumacheri Urostigma schumacheri