Ficus trigona L.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 15 m tall. Branchlets 2-5 mm thick, yellowish-to brownish-pubescent to-hirsute or to-subvelutinous. Stipules 0.3-1(-3) cm long, hirsute, caducous; petiole 0.8-4(-6) cm long, hirsute to velutinous or to pubescent; blade coriaceous to subcoriaceous, elliptic, sometimes narrowly obovate, (2.5-)8-22 x 5-9 cm, apex acuminate, sometimes acute, base rounded to acute or to subcordate, margin entire to repand, sparsely (on the primary vein rather densely) hirtellous to hirsute above, more or less densely hirsute to pubescent beneath; secondary veins 8-12 pairs, tertiary veins for the greater part perpendicular to the secondary veins and parallel, plane or slightly prominent beneath. Figs usually in pairs in the leaf axils, (sub)globose, 0.8-1 cm in diam., hirsute to hirtellous, sometimes puberulous or lanate, at maturity greenish (to purple-brown) sessile or subsessile; basal bracts 2(-3), 3-4 mm long; ostiole 3-4 mm in diam., surrounded by a 3-lobed rim.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Usually in or near swamps, along the sides of rivers and creeks and in young coastal plain.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Fruit

Ficus trigona fruit picture by Jean-François Molino (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ficus trigona world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Ficus trigona threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853876-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690694
COL ID 6HZMW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734326
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Urostigma costatum Urostigma trigonum Urostigma fagifolium Oluntos trigona Urostigma euomphalum Ficus cotoneaster Ficus fagifolia Ficus fanshawei Ficus trigona Ficus weberbaueri Ficus ajajuensis Ficus alvareziana Ficus juruensis Ficus llanensis Ficus llewelynii Ficus regularis Ficus vulpina Ficus wuiana Ficus coombsii Ficus plicato-ostiolata Ficus euomphala