Ficus subpisocarpa Gagnep.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 7 m tall or shrub, hemi-epilithic or terrestrial, deciduous (?). Branches drying (red-)brown to dark grey. Leafy twigs (1.5-)3-7 mm thick, subterete, subglabrous. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to elliptic to (sub)ovate, (4-)6-13 by (1.5-)3-8 cm, (sub)coriaceous, apex (short-)acuminate, the acumen mostly blunt, base rounded to obtuse (to cuneate); both surfaces glabrous; cystoliths only beneath; lateral veins 7-10 pairs, often furcate far from the margin, the basal pair up to 1/10-1/4 the length of the lamina, unbranched, tertiary venation reticulate to partly parallel to the lateral veins; waxy gland at the base of the midrib, in dry material often in a groove at the base of the midrib; petiole (1.5-)2.5-4.5(-7) cm long, glabrous and the epidermis often flaking off at the base of the petiole or densely minutely white hairy at the base and the epidermis persistent; stipules 0.3-0.7 (on opening shoots up to 5) cm long, sparsely or densely puberulous, caducous or subpersistent, (usually) forming a ovoid (to subglobose) terminal bud. Figs ramiflorous on up to 0.5 cm long curved spurs, 1-3 together; peduncle 0.1-0.7(-0.8) cm long, rather sparsely minutely puberulous to glabrous; basal bracts 3, 1-2 mm long, (sub)glabrous, caducous; receptacle subglobose to subpyriform, 0.7-1.2 cm diam. when dry and the surface wrinkled, (sub)glabrous, turning from whitish to pink (to purple or black?) at maturity, apex convex to flat, ostiole 2-3 mm diam., ± prominent to flat, the upper ostiolar bracts glabrous; internal hairs absent. Staminate flowers near the ostiole. Tepals reddish. Ovary red-brown.
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Trees, deciduous. Bark blackish brown. Branches with few aerial roots; branchlets pale red, glabrous. Stipules caducous, lanceolate, ca. 2 cm, membranous, sparsely pubescent. Leaves alternate or fasciculate; petiole 3-7 cm, subglabrous; leaf blade elliptic to oblong, 10-15 × 4-6 cm, ± papery, glabrous, base rounded, margin entire or slightly undulate, apex shortly acuminate; secondary veins 7-9 on each side of midvein. Figs axillary on leafy branchlets, paired or solitary, or in small clusters on older leafless branchlets, purplish black when mature, depressed globose, 5-8 mm in diam., apical pore ± concave; peduncle 3-8 mm; involucral bracts broadly ovate, basally leathery. Male, gall, and female flowers within same fig. Male flowers: few, near apical pore, sessile; calyx lobes 3, broadly ovate; stamen 1; filament short; anther ovoid. Gall flowers: many, similar to female flowers but ovary with a thick long stalk; stigma linear. Female flowers: sessile or pedicellate; calyx lobes 3, lanceolate; style short, lateral; stigma rounded. Fl. Apr-Jun.
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Growth support hemiepiphyte
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Mature height (meter) 7.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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

Ficus subpisocarpa unspecified picture

Distribution

Ficus subpisocarpa world distribution map, present in China, Iceland, Japan, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Ficus subpisocarpa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:584145-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690476
COL ID 6HY5S
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Ficus subpisocarpa Ficus superba var. japonica

Lower taxons

Ficus subpisocarpa subsp. pubipoda