Ficus simplicissima Lour.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1-2.5 m tall, stems not or only occasionally branched. Branchlets cylindric, rugose when dry; with sparse short thick barbed hairs. Stipules lanceolate, 1-2 cm, with sparse short barbed hairs. Leaves palmately divided; petiole cylindric, 1-5 cm, densely covered with short thick barbed hairs, adaxially sulcate; leaf blade obovate to oblong, 5-16 cm, margin entire or shallowly serrate; basal lateral veins 2-4, secondary veins 3-6 on each side of midvein. Figs axillary or clustered on older leafless branches, paired, globose, 1-1.5 cm in diam., sparsely covered with short barbed hairs, sessile; involucral bracts ovate-triangular, ca. 1 mm. Male flowers: near apical pore, calyx lobes 4, red, obovate-lanceolate, ca. 1.5 mm; stamens 2; filaments very short; anthers ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm, apex mucronate. Gall flowers: pedicel ca. 1.5 mm; calyx lobes 4, obovate-lanceolate, apex obtuse; ovary ± globose; style lateral, short, funnelform. Female flowers: calyx lobes 4; ovary pear-shaped. Achenes ± globose.
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A shrub. It grows 1-2.5 m tall. The leaves are divided like fingers on a hand. The leaves are 5-16 cm long. There can be shallow teeth along the edge. The figs are clustered on older leaflet branches.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality gynodioecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 3.5 - 4.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food fodder food gene source medicinal
Edible fruits leaves roots shoots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus simplicissima world distribution map, present in China, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853709-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690331
COL ID 6HXRS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Necalistis aspera Ficus hibiscifolia Ficus hirta Ficus setosa Ficus simplicissima Ficus tournanensis Ficus ochracea Ficus dumosa Ficus katsumadai Ficus palmatiloba Ficus porteri Ficus quangtriensis Ficus tridactylita Ficus setacea Ficus setosa Ficus triloba subsp. quangtriensis Ficus hirta var. brevipila Ficus hirta var. dumosa Ficus hirta subsp. dumosa Ficus hirta var. hibiscifolia Ficus hirta var. imberbis Ficus hirta var. integrifolia Ficus hirta subsp. ochracea Ficus hirta var. palmatiloba Ficus hirta var. setosa Ficus simplicissima var. hirta Ficus hirta var. appressa Ficus setifera