Ficus trigonata L.

Jaguey blanco (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Large, spreading trees, to 15-25 m. tall. Twigs 2-5 mm. in diameter, glabrous or pubescent, developing a greyish-yellow periderm; stipules 15-27 mm. long, deltoid, glabrous or pubescent. Lamina 3-12 cm. wide X 4.5-25 cm. long, elliptic, or generally somewhat obovate; apex sometimes acute or even slightly acuminate, but generally rounded; base cuneate, rounded, or emarginate, sometimes slightly inequilateral; lateral veins (5-) 6-11 pairs, departing from the midrib at an angle from 200-400; basal veins 1-2, departing from the midrib at an angle from 30?-500; intercostals slightly prominent. Petiole 7-50 mm. long, 1,/4_1/9 the length of the lamina. Figs 10-14 (-30) mm. in diameter, globose, glabrous or pubescent, borne among the leaves; color green when immature, red when mature; peduncle obsolete, or 2-10 mm. long, glabrous or puberulent; basal bracts two, 2-5 mm. long, deltoid or semicircular, sometimes variously split, variously glabrous, ciliolate, or puberulent; orifice 1-3 mm. in diameter, plane or slightly umbonate.
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Tree up to 20 m tall. Branchlets 5-15 mm thick, minutely puberulous to almost glabrous. Stipules 0.5-3 cm long, minutely puberulous to subsericeous, caducous; petiole 1-8 cm long, sparsely to densely minutely puberulous, sometimes hirtellous; blade (sub)coriaceous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, or narrowly obovate, 6-28 x 4-12 cm, apex rounded to shortly acuminate, base rounded to subcordate, sometimes obtuse or subacute, margin entire, glabrous or sparsely puberulous above, puberulous to almost glabrous beneath; secondary veins 8-10(-15) pairs, reticulum beneath (almost) plane. Figs usually in pairs in the leaf axils, (sub)globose, (1-)1.5-2 cm in diam., minutely puberulous to glabrous, at maturity yellowish-green (with brown spots); peduncle 2-12 mm long; basal bracts 2, ca. 4.5 mm long; ostiole 2-2.5 mm in diam., surrounded by triangular or almost circular rim.
A fig. It is a strangler or a large tree. It can grow 30 m tall and be 4 m wide at the base due to buttresses and then with a trunk 8-0-150 cm wide. The buttressing roots can be 3 m tall. The leaf stalks are 2-5 cm long. The leaves are oval and 13-25 cm long by 7-10 cm wide. They are usually rounded at the base and taper to the tip. The figs are rounded and in pairs. They are 2-3 cm across. They are hairy and have red dots.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 20.0 - 25.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Ficus trigonata world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and United States of America

Conservation status

Ficus trigonata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316338-2
WFO ID wfo-0000690696
COL ID 6HZN8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629737
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Urostigma trigonatum Ficus trigonata Ficus wrightii Ficus fawcettii