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Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa (Blume) Corner

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Trees or shrubs, epiphytic. Leaf blade of various shapes and sizes, ovate-elliptic to ± rhombic, strongly asymmetric, less than 13 × 5 on large trees, more than 13 × 5-6 cm when epiphytic, ± leathery, abaxially puberulent and not brown when dry, adaxially rough but becoming smooth with age, margin entire or toothed even on same tree; secondary veins 5-7 on each side of midvein, yellow green when dry. Figs globose, 1-8 mm in diam. Fl. and fr. Jun-Jul.
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A fig. It is a medium sized tree. It can grow on other trees. It can be 15-20 m high. The trunk is 20-40 cm across. The leaves are oblong and 6-10 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. They are greyish. The figs are fleshy and small. They are round, yellow and 1 cm across.
Lamina often irregular in shape, often shorter than 10 cm, often obliquely rhombic, apex rather long to short, acumen mostly acute, base often almost equilateral, usually (sub)cuneate to subattenuate.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality gynodioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.2 - 0.4
Mature height (meter) 9.0 - 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. In grows in mountains near the edge of secondary forest. It is light demanding. In XTBG Yunnan.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten.
Uses fodder medicinal
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Medicine (unspecified), Sclerosis (unspecified), Dysuria (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa world distribution map, present in Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Iceland, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Taiwan, Province of China, Uruguay, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:857094-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690614
COL ID 5HCSB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ficus gibbosa f. tuberculata Urostigma ampelos Urostigma volubile Ficus ampelas Ficus clarkei Ficus rhomboidalis Ficus tuberculata Ficus excelsa Ficus gibbosa Ficus irregularis Ficus paradoxa Ficus parasitica Ficus pereng Ficus pervia Ficus pseudobotryoides Ficus rhomboidalis Ficus rigida Ficus scabriuscula Ficus sclerophylla Ficus subobliqua Ficus angulata Ficus cuneata Ficus dodonaeifolia Ficus reticulata Ficus gibbosa var. cuneata Ficus gibbosa var. cuspidifera Ficus gibbosa var. dodonaeifolia Ficus gibbosa var. latifolia Ficus gibbosa var. parasitica Ficus gibbosa var. rigida Ficus gibbosa var. tuberculata Ficus gibbosa var. unigibba Ficus platypoda var. angustata Ficus subobliqua var. latiuscula Ficus tinctoria var. cuspidifera Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa Ficus tinctoria var. gibbosa Ficus tinctoria var. parasitica Ficus tinctoria subsp. parasitica Ficus tinctoria var. rigida Ficus parasitica var. tuberculata Ficus parasitica var. cuspidifera Ficus parasitica subsp. gibbosa Ficus angustata Ficus gibbosa f. parasitica Ficus gibbosa f. cuspidifera Ficus cuspidifera
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