Ficus tuphapensis Drake

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Shrubs, erect, to 3 m tall. Branchlets with thick bent hairs. Stipules caducous, lanceolate, ca. 1 cm, with hairs. Leaves spirally arranged, not distichous; petiole ca. 1 cm, densely covered with short thick hairs; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, 6-14 × 2.5-5 cm, ± leathery, abaxially densely covered with yellowish brown coarse hairs, adaxially densely covered with bent hairs, base obtuse to rounded, margin entire, apex acute to obtuse; basal lateral veins extending to 1/2 of leaf blade length, secondary veins 5 or 6 on each side of midvein. Figs axillary on normal leafy stem, paired or solitary, yellow when mature, globose, 1-2 cm in diam., shortly villous, sessile; involucral bracts broadly ovate. Male flowers: few, near apical pore, pedicellate; calyx lobes 4, brown, ± spatulate; stamens 2 or 3; anthers ellipsoid. Gall flowers: sessile or shortly pedicellate; calyx lobes 4; ovary ± globose; style lateral, short; stigma funnelform. Female flowers: shortly pedicellate; calyx lobes 3 or 4, ± spatulate; style persistent, lateral, long. Achenes ovoid-ellipsoid, smooth. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. May.
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus tuphapensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853896-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690723
COL ID 6HZNV
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Synonyms

Ficus tuphapensis Ficus pingtangensis Ficus potingensis

Lower taxons

Ficus tuphapensis var. annamensis