Ficus ulmifolia Lam.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Shrub or tree up to 6 m tall. Branchlets often drying red-brown; often with short (abortive) branchlets with short internodes and with minute leaves or without leaves. Leafy twigs 2-5 mm thick, whitish hispidulous to puberulous, ± scabrous; internodes hollow. Leaves distichous, rarely subopposite; lamina oblong to elliptic to (sub)ovate, (2-)5-18(-23) by (1.5-)3-6.5(-10) cm, usually slightly asymmetric to almost sym-metric, sometimes distinctly asymmetric, subcoriaceous (to chartaceous), apex acuminate, base ± inequilateral, subcordate to cuneate, margin irregularly crenate-dent(icul)ate to (sub)lobate or subentire (when juvenile 3-lobate, sometimes with a linear midsegment); upper surface (sparsely) hispidulous, scabrous (to scabridulous), lower surface sparsely hispidulous on the (main) veins, ± scabrous; cystoliths on both sides; lateral veins (3-)4-7(-9, or when juvenile and with a linear midsegment to c. 20) pairs, the basal pair up to 1/4-1/2 the length of the lamina, (at least) at the broad side branched, tertiary venation (laxly) scalariform; waxy glands in the axils of both basal lateral veins; petiole (0.5-)1-3 or 0.5-0.8 cm long, slightly different to almost equal in length on the same twig, hispidulous, the epidermis persistent; stipules semi-amplexicaul, 0.3-0.8 cm long, minutely puberulous to glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary or in pairs (also ramiflorous?); peduncle 0.2-1.5 cm long; peduncular bracts 2 or 3, mostly scattered, 0.5-1 mm long; receptacle subglobose, 0.8-1.3 or 0.5-0.8 cm diam. when dry, hispidulous, scabrous, sometimes with a lateral bract, yellow to red at maturity, apex convex, ostiole c. 2 mm diam., with apical bracts and narrow ostiolar bracts pointing upwards; internal hairs few to abundant. Tepals whitish to pinkish, glabrous. Styles glabrous.
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A fig. It is a shrub or small tree from 3 to 5 m high. The leaves are alternate and variable in shape. They have a wavy look and have lobes. The depth of the lobes varies. The leaves are coarsely toothed. The base of the leaves is rounded and with 3 nerves. The leaves are 9 to 17 cm long and 4 to 8 cm wide. The fruit are in the axils of leaves and there are one or two together. They are soft and fleshy when mature. They are orange red to purple and somewhat rounded and about 1.5 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. They are common in areas of the Philippines in shrub and open places throughout the country. They are especially common around Laguna Bay regions. It grows up to 1,500 m above sea level.
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Thickets and open places, at elevations up to 1,500 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
Uses food material medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Analgesics (aerial part), Anemia (bark), Anti-bacterial agents (bark), Antiemetics (bark), Antifungal agents (bark), Anti-inflammatory agents (bark), Astringents (bark), Cathartics (bark), Diarrhea (bark), Dysentery (bark), Emetics (bark), Epistaxis (bark), Fever (bark), Furunculosis (bark), Galactogogues (bark), Hemorrhage (bark), Hemorrhoids (bark), Hemostasis (bark), Inflammation (bark), Intestinal diseases, parasitic (bark), Counterirritant (bark), Jaundice (bark), Kidney diseases (bark), Laxatives (bark), Leprosy (bark), Leukorrhea (bark), Freckles (bark), Menorrhagia (bark), Periodontal diseases (bark), Pruritus (bark), Psoriasis (bark), General tonic for rejuvenation (bark), Skin diseases (bark), Ulcer (bark), Urination disorders (bark), Vitiligo (bark), Whooping cough (bark), Wound healing (bark), Wounds and injuries (bark), Anemia (flower), Antifungal agents (flower), Galactogogues (flower), Anemia (fruit), Anticonvulsants (fruit), Antifungal agents (fruit), Anti-inflammatory agents (fruit), Appetite stimulants (fruit), Astringents (fruit), Cathartics (fruit), Constipation (fruit), Diabetes mellitus (fruit), Diarrhea (fruit), Dysentery (fruit), Dysentery, amebic (fruit), Edema (fruit), Emetics (fruit), Epistaxis (fruit), Fever (fruit), Flatulence (fruit), Galactogogues (fruit), Gastrointestinal hemorrhage (fruit), Hematologic diseases (fruit), Hemorrhage (fruit), Hemorrhoids (fruit), Hemostasis (fruit), Hepatitis (fruit), Inflammation (fruit), Intestinal diseases, parasitic (fruit), Jaundice (fruit), Kidney diseases (fruit), Lactation disorders (fruit), Laxatives (fruit), Leprosy (fruit), Liver diseases (fruit), Malaria (fruit), Mumps (fruit), Oral ulcer (fruit), Pain (fruit), Pharyngitis (fruit), Anti-poisoning (fruit), Pruritus (fruit), Psoriasis (fruit), General tonic for rejuvenation (fruit), Skin diseases (fruit), Tuberculosis, lymph node (fruit), Ulcer (fruit), Vitiligo (fruit), Vomiting (fruit), Warts (fruit), Wound healing (fruit), Wounds and injuries (fruit), Depurative (fruit), Cooling effect on body (fruit), Anticonvulsants (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Anti-inflammatory agents (leaf), Asthma (leaf), Burns (leaf), Cardiotonic agents (leaf), Central nervous system depressants (leaf), Cholinergic antagonists (leaf), Cough (leaf), Diarrhea (leaf), Dysentery (leaf), Eye diseases (leaf), Furunculosis (leaf), Intestinal diseases, parasitic (leaf), Jaundice (leaf), Liver diseases (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Vitiligo (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Abdominal pain (plant exudate), Anemia, hemolytic (plant exudate), Diabetes mellitus (plant exudate), Dysentery (plant exudate), Dysentery, amebic (plant exudate), Earache (plant exudate), Eczema (plant exudate), Edema (plant exudate), Furunculosis (plant exudate), Headache (plant exudate), Mumps (plant exudate), Oral ulcer (plant exudate), Pharyngitis (plant exudate), Spasm (plant exudate), Warts (plant exudate), Wound healing (plant exudate), Diarrhea (rhizome), Pharyngitis (rhizome), Abdominal pain (root), Anemia (root), Antidotes (root), Diabetes mellitus (root), Diarrhea (root), Dysentery (root), Dysentery, amebic (root), Edema (root), Gastrointestinal hemorrhage (root), Hematologic diseases (root), Hemorrhage (root), Jaundice (root), Leprosy (root), Mumps (root), Pruritus (root), Skin diseases (root), Ulcer (root), Vitiligo (root), Wounds and injuries (root), Antiemetics (seed), Antifungal agents (seed), Cathartics (seed), Dysentery (seed), Emetics (seed), Intestinal diseases, parasitic (seed), Laxatives (seed), Periodontal diseases (seed), General tonic for rejuvenation (seed), Toothache (seed), Mumps (shoot), Boil (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysuria (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Lactogogue (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Wart (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), Tumor(Abdomen) (unspecified), Abdominal pain (unspecified), Breast diseases (unspecified), Eczema (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), Anti-poisoning (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Vitiligo (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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

Ficus ulmifolia world distribution map, present in Philippines

Conservation status

Ficus ulmifolia threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853902-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690736
COL ID 6HZNM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Covellia ulmifolia Ficus blepharostoma Ficus difformis Ficus heterophylla Ficus sinuosa Ficus velascoi Ficus sparsifolia Ficus ulmifolia Ficus hispida Ficus hispida var. hastata Ficus hispida var. linearis Ficus sinuosa var. integrifolia Ficus ulmifolia f. integra Ficus ulmifolia f. sinuosa