Ficus squamosa Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Shrubs, short, erect, rooting adventitiously; dioecious. Branchlets and petioles densely coarsely brown hairy. Stipules lanceolate, 5-10 mm, abaxially with thick stiff rust-colored hairs on ridges. Leaves spirally arranged, clustered apically on branchlets; petiole 0.5-1 cm, densely covered with stiff thick rust-colored hairs; leaf blade oblanceolate to oblong, 4.5-13 × 1.2-3.2 cm, papery, abaxially with long thick rust-colored hairs on midvein but sparsely pubescent on other veins, adaxially dark green and sparsely covered with coarse stiff hairs, base narrowly cuneate, margin entire or apically sparsely toothed, apex acuminate; basal lateral veins short, secondary veins 6-8 on each side of midvein, apically curved and looped at margin. Figs axillary or on tuberculate branchlets from old stems, solitary, ± globose, 1.5-2 cm in diam., with prominent longitudinal ridges, densely covered with thick rust-colored hairs or villous, basally attenuated into a ca. 8 mm stalk, pedunculate; involucral bracts unequal. Male flowers: calyx lobes 3 or 4; stamen 1; anther ovoid to obovoid. Gall flowers: calyx lobes transparent; ovary smooth, enclosed by calyx lobes; style lateral, short; stigma tubular. Female flowers: similar to gall flowers; style persistent silklike, with long hairs. Achenes rhombic-ovoid, with hairs.
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A shrub. The small branches and leaf stalks are hairy. The leaves are arranged in spirals. The leaves are oblong and 5-13 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. They have rusty coloured hairs underneath. The figs are in the axils of leaves or on older branches. They are round with long ridges along them. They are 1.5-2 cm across.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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It is a subtropical plant. In Yunnan in China it grows between 700-1,100 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses food material medicinal
Edible fruits
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus squamosa world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand

Conservation status

Ficus squamosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853732-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690388
COL ID 6HY4V
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Synonyms

Ficus laminosa Ficus pyrrhocarpa Ficus saemocarpa Ficus squamosa